Melanija

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Melanija: Recorded since 2010, it reached #440 in 2013, and it stood at #5,669 in 2022.

3registrars recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
13years from first to last
#440highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2010–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2010	#4688
2012	#4838
2013	#4050
2014	#5691
2015	#5730
2016	#5785
2018	#3985
2020	#4535
2022	#5669

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 9 of the 13 years from 2010 to 2022.

In 2013: #440 among girls in Northern Ireland, #894 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4050 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2010–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2010
First recorded at #4688 among girls in England and Wales in 2010 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #5669 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Girls

Melanija appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 9 years beginning in 2010, and has registered 34 births with the name.

Melanija across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Melanija's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#4688 (2010)	#3985 (2018)	#5669 (2022)	9 of 13	34 (2010–2022)	5 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#937 (2011)	#894 (2013)	#894 (2013)	2 of 3	6 (2011–2013)	3 (2011)

Melanija appears in

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

Names recorded by exactly 3 registrars

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2010 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #440 in Northern Ireland in 2013.

Melanija'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
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 2010 and 2022, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #440, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 5 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 3 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

2decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 2 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#5,669position in 2022, its most recent recorded year
3 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 3 to 5 years →
5births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Andreja · #440, 13y
Aviana · #440, 14y
Milita · #440, 14y
Caleigh · #439, 14y

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2010 and 2019.

Aviana · #440, 14y
Aaria · #434, 14y
Avaya · #434, 12y
Emilia-Rose · #446, 14y

Melanija was ranked #440 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2013. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Melanija 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 Melanija without appearing here.

Melanija moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.
Kristin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.
Carol Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #4684.
Kerry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #3609 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Melanija

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Noah Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #3615.
Kai Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3985 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #3117.
Meabh Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4838 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4050 and #2887.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2010 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #440 in Northern Ireland in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Melanija

Melanija at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Melanija across 2 official records

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Also first recorded in the 2010s

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Melanija at a glance

Melanija across 2 official records

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2010s

Names published alongside Melanija

Melanija and the names beside it

Melanija moved ahead of

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