Melik
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- meh-LEEK
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Melik is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “king”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Melik mean?
Arabic: Turkish and Armenian form of Malik
“king”
In Armenia melik was the title of hereditary local princes, notably in Karabakh.
Is Melik a girl's or a boy's name?
Melik is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melik in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Melik, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had fewer boys named Melik than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Melik in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melik in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,445 |
| 1996 | 31 | #2,478 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
Names like Melik
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Malik Hamza Muhammad Nasir Amir Zahir Mustafa Khalil Musa Ahmad Samir Zayd
Names related to Melik
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
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, “Melik: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melik, updated 20 October 2026.