Melek

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Melek: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #544, reached in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#544highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1998	#2407
1999	#2444
2000	#2746
2001	#2226
2002	#2301
2003	#3594
2004	#1836
2005	#1934
2006	#1660
2007	#1656
2008	#1815
2009	#1837
2010	#2235
2011	#1807
2012	#2215
2013	#1639
2014	#1501
2015	#1961
2016	#2233
2017	#1568
2018	#1490
2019	#1562
2020	#1313
2021	#1259
2022	#1142
2023	#1575
2024	#2000

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 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2000 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Melek 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 Melek in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	17	3 of 10	6
2000s	102	10 of 10	10
2010s	162	10 of 10	16
2020sbusiest	112	5 of 10	22

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 22 births a year.

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

Melek appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #544 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Melek'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	#2000	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1575	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1142	29	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1259	26	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1313	24	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1490	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1568	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1961	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1639	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2215	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1807	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1837	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1815	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1656	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1660	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1836	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #544, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2025, and 29 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.

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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Melia · #1343, 22y
Melina · #156, 41y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Aanya · #544, 27y
Eleonora · #544, 28y
Ira · #544, 26y
Izzah · #544, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aanya · #544, 27y
Eleonora · #544, 28y
Ira · #544, 26y
Nila · #544, 26y

Melek was ranked #544 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2025. 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.

Melek 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 Melek without appearing here.

Melek moved ahead of

Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2215 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1639 and #4739.
Kerry Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2215 and #2215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1639 and #4739.
Debra Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3594 and #3099 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1660 and #4157.
Pauline Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1815 and #1718 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1837 and #3936.

Moved ahead of Melek

Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1501 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1961 and #1240.
Ida Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2444 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #2746 and #2167.
Ezra Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1142 and #1215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1575 and #1135.
Eabha Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1142 and #1180 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1575 and #1169.

Moved the opposite way to Melek

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Melek went from #2683 to #1575 while Kristin went from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Melek went from #2683 to #1575 while Therese went from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Melek went from #2683 to #1575 while Tracey went from #783 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Melek went from #2683 to #1259 while Carol went from #802 to #3519.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #544 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Melek

Melek at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Melek by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Melek appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Melek at a glance

Melek by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Melek appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Melek

Melek and the names beside it

Melek moved ahead of

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