Melis

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Melis: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Melis: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,160 in 1999, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1160highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#1543
1998	#3142
1999	#1160
2000	#1594
2001	#1728
2002	#2301
2003	#2436
2004	#2530
2005	#2438
2006	#1862
2007	#1656
2008	#1584
2009	#2148
2010	#1901
2011	#2025
2012	#2521
2013	#1864
2014	#2314
2015	#2496
2016	#2757
2017	#2925
2018	#2340
2019	#3541
2020	#3447
2021	#2073
2022	#2888
2023	#3598
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1160 among girls in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Melis by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Melis in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	39	4 of 10	10
2000sbusiest	105	10 of 10	11
2010s	107	10 of 10	11
2020s	38	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Melis appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1160 in England and Wales in 1999.

Melis's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2073	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1864	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1901	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1584	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1656	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1862	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1594	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1160	17	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,160, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
17births registered in its largest year, 1999Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Melisa · #353, 34y
Melissa · #2, 64y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Delphi · #1160, 27y
Sydnie · #1160, 28y
Hannan · #1158, 26y
Yakov · #1158, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Charlea · #1160, 15y
Delphi · #1160, 27y
Sydnie · #1160, 28y
Axton · #1162, 11y

Melis and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Melis without appearing here.

Melis moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2073 and #5581.
Kerry Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2521 and #2215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1864 and #4739.
Jeanette Compare
In 1998 they stood at #3142 and #2407 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1160 and #3900.
Donna Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2073 and #4634.

Moved ahead of Melis

Dylan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2888 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #1959.
Marilyn Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #2040.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2073 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #1452.
Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2888 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #2346.

Moved the opposite way to Melis

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melis went from #2096 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melis went from #2096 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melis went from #2096 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melis went from #2096 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Melis

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melis went from #2096 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melis went from #2096 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melis went from #2096 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melis went from #2096 to #4192 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1160 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Melis

Melis at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Melis by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Melis appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Melis and the names beside it

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Melis at a glance

Melis by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Melis appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Melis and the names beside it

Melis moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Melis

Moved the opposite way to Melis

Moved the same way as Melis