Melena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- meh-LEE-nuh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Melena is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Melena come from?
Greek: probably a variant of Melina
Is Melena a girl's or a boy's name?
Melena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Melena, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 52 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957.
2025 had fewer girls named Melena than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Melena in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 40 | #3,917 |
| 2006 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 35 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,865 |
| 2002 | 48 | #3,010 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,804 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,586 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,932 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,637 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,365 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,516 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,556 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,276 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,062 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,168 |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,339 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
Nicknames for Melena
Names like Melena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melina, Selena, Ariana, Melissa, Miranda, Sophia, Tessa, Samantha, Serena, Sierra, Alessandra, Mariana
Names related to Melena
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Melena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melena, updated 20 October 2026.