Meleah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- meh-LEE-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Meleah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
Where does Meleah come from?
Modern: modern variant of Melia or Malia
Is Meleah a girl's or a boy's name?
Meleah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meleah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Meleah, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Meleah in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meleah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,582 |
| 2011 | 44 | #3,549 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 46 | #3,511 |
| 2008 | 39 | #4,005 |
| 2007 | 49 | #3,376 |
| 2006 | 39 | #3,853 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 43 | #3,440 |
| 2003 | 37 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 40 | #3,390 |
| 2001 | 42 | #3,252 |
| 2000 | 42 | #3,212 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 39 | #3,170 |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,033 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,729 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,165 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,333 |
| 1978 | 29 | #2,801 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,406 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,455 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,488 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
Names like Meleah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maleah Mariah Madison Mackenzie Leah Malia Mallory Melina Mia Abigail Aaliyah Miranda
Names related to Meleah
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Meleah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meleah, updated 20 October 2026.