Melia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEE-lee-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,514 for girls
Melia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “ash tree”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 2,514th for girls in the US (70 babies).
What does Melia mean?
Greek: also a short form of Amelia
“ash tree”
In Greek myth the Meliae were nymphs of the ash tree; also a short form of Amelia.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Melia a girl's or a boy's name?
Melia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 70 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Melia, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 24 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Melia than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Melia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Melia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,730 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 24 | #1,420 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
How popular is Melia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,514among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 70about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 70 girls in the US were named Melia, making it the 2,514th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,849th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 198 girls. It first appears in the records in 1890.
2025 had fewer girls named Melia than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Melia in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 92 girls in the US were given Melia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,800, up from #2,514 for this spelling alone.
- Melia 70
- Meliah 22
Melia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #2,514 |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,462 |
| 2023 | 117 | #1,750 |
| 2022 | 86 | #2,193 |
| 2021 | 102 | #1,926 |
| 2020 | 105 | #1,849 |
| 2019 | 95 | #2,011 |
| 2018 | 101 | #1,953 |
| 2017 | 106 | #1,902 |
| 2016 | 118 | #1,757 |
| 2015 | 128 | #1,667 |
| 2014 | 117 | #1,768 |
| 2013 | 117 | #1,754 |
| 2012 | 137 | #1,583 |
| 2011 | 146 | #1,515 |
| 2010 | 166 | #1,388 |
| 2009 | 171 | #1,383 |
| 2008 | 163 | #1,445 |
| 2007 | 181 | #1,340 |
| 2006 | 198 | #1,212 |
| 2005 | 165 | #1,328 |
| 2004 | 175 | #1,243 |
| 2003 | 160 | #1,296 |
| 2002 | 131 | #1,455 |
| 2001 | 127 | #1,475 |
| 2000 | 124 | #1,479 |
| 1999 | 83 | #1,890 |
| 1998 | 76 | #1,974 |
| 1997 | 52 | #2,478 |
| 1996 | 76 | #1,896 |
| 1995 | 62 | #2,150 |
| 1994 | 74 | #1,900 |
| 1993 | 44 | #2,720 |
| 1992 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 1991 | 61 | #2,157 |
| 1990 | 40 | #2,845 |
| 1989 | 40 | #2,763 |
| 1988 | 65 | #1,887 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,432 |
| 1986 | 34 | #2,778 |
| 1985 | 38 | #2,544 |
| 1984 | 39 | #2,420 |
| 1983 | 46 | #2,134 |
| 1982 | 52 | #1,991 |
| 1981 | 48 | #2,119 |
| 1980 | 44 | #2,246 |
| 1979 | 46 | #2,147 |
| 1978 | 41 | #2,237 |
| 1977 | 38 | #2,341 |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,486 |
| 1975 | 30 | #2,565 |
| 1974 | 38 | #2,133 |
| 1973 | 33 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,598 |
| 1971 | 26 | #2,736 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,450 |
| 1969 | 29 | #2,396 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,969 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1965 | 18 | #2,937 |
| 1964 | 24 | #2,529 |
| 1963 | 30 | #2,171 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,462 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,059 |
| 1960 | 17 | #2,988 |
| 1959 | 23 | #2,394 |
| 1958 | 27 | #2,166 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,807 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,616 |
| 1955 | 42 | #1,578 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,489 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,956 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,820 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,006 |
Names like Melia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophia Mia Aria Athena Fatima Maria Elena Lucia Myla Thea Olivia Emilia
Other spellings of Melia
Names related to Melia
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
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, “Melia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melia, updated 20 October 2026.