Melika
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- meh-LEE-ka
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Melika is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “queen”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Melika mean?
Arabic: Persian and Turkish form of Malika
“queen”
Is Melika a girl's or a boy's name?
Melika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melika in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 175% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Melika, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2003, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Melika in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Melika in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Melika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Melika, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Melika in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
Names like Melika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Khadija Amira Aisha Safa Amina Halima Aaliyah Madiha Syeda Maliha Fatima Layla
Names related to Melika
More Arabic names
Muhammad Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Ali Yahya Zayn Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo Liyana Zainab Dua
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, “Melika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melika, updated 20 October 2026.