Mela

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Mela: Recorded since 2004, its highest recorded position is #2,488, and it stood at #2,574 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#2488highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#4598
2007	#5201
2009	#5556
2010	#4688
2013	#3536
2014	#5691
2015	#4103
2018	#4684
2019	#3541
2020	#5493
2022	#2488
2023	#2927
2024	#2574

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 13 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #4598 among girls in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #2488 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Mela 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 Mela in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	9	3 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	28	6 of 10	5
2020s	31	4 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Mela 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 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2488 in England and Wales in 2022.

Mela'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	#2574	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	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 2004 and 2024, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,488, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,574position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 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.

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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.

Abuzar · #2488, 12y
Aiko · #2488, 15y
Amore · #2488, 17y
Calix · #2488, 10y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Abuzar · #2488, 12y
Amore · #2488, 17y
Calix · #2488, 10y
Hristo · #2488, 15y

Mela 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 Mela without appearing here.

Mela moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #5891.
Kristine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #5891.
Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #5891.
Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2488 and #5669.

Moved ahead of Mela

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.
Arlo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4103 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2340.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #1743.
Fiadh Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #5691.

Moved the opposite way to Mela

Abigail Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mela went from #4598 to #2574 while Abigail went from #19 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mela went from #4598 to #2574 while Aimee went from #47 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mela went from #4598 to #2574 while Aisling went from #866 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mela went from #4598 to #2574 while Alex went from #199 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Mela

Ada Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mela went from #4598 to #2574 and Ada from #1617 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mela went from #4598 to #2574 and Alma from #1535 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mela went from #4598 to #2574 and Amelia from #18 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mela went from #4598 to #2574 and Aria from #1715 to #35.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2488 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mela

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Popularity journey

Mela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Mela at a glance

Mela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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