Meliah
Girl · MEE-lee-a · Greek
Meliah is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “ash tree”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Meliah mean?
Greek: spelling of Melia; 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.
- Say it
- MEE-lee-a
Meaning borrowed from Melia. More on Wiktionary.
Is Meliah a girl's or a boy's name?
Meliah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meliah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Meliah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Meliah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
How popular is Meliah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Meliah, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Meliah in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 92 girls in the US were given Meliah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,800, up from #5,553 for this spelling alone.
- Melia 70
- Meliah 22
Meliah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,631 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 42 | #3,658 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,297 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
Names like Meliah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Ayah Safa Maisie Amira Zainab Nusaybah Ayla Khadija Sumayyah Amaya Maryam
Other spellings of Meliah
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