Mele
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEH-leh
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Mele is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “song, chant”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Mele mean?
Hawaiian
“song, chant”
In Hawaiian mele means 'song' or 'chant'; Mele is also the Tongan form of Mary.
Is Mele a girl's or a boy's name?
Mele is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mele in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Mele, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Mele in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mele in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,115 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
Names like Mele
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasmine, Giselle, Jade, Noelle, Elise, Chloe, Arielle, Miracle, Mia, Mackenzie, Stevie, Zoe
Names related to Mele
More Hawaiian names
Kai, Leilani, Koa, Kailani, Kalani, Nalani, Makai, Keanu, Koah, Meilani, Kailany, Leilany, Laylani, Kaleo, Lani, Luana
Sources
Figures from 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, “Mele: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mele, updated 20 October 2026.