Melayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- meh-LAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
New arrival
Melayah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
Where does Melayah come from?
Modern: modern elaboration in the style of Malaya and Mylah
Is Melayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Melayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Melayah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Melayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
How popular is Melayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Melayah, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Melayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
Names like Melayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah Zenayah Musfirah Ruqayyah Aaliyah Sumayyah Alaiyah Aafiyah Nusaybah Umaymah Umamah Aakifah
Names related to Melayah
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Melayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melayah, updated 20 October 2026.