Melia

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Melia: Recorded since 2001, it reached #1,343 in 2018, and it stood at #2,115 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#1343highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3262
2002	#4137
2003	#2191
2005	#2682
2006	#3548
2007	#3667
2009	#3422
2010	#2392
2011	#2636
2012	#2521
2013	#2887
2014	#2203
2015	#3615
2016	#2233
2017	#1995
2018	#1343
2019	#1940
2020	#1687
2021	#1866
2022	#1621
2023	#1640
2024	#2115

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 22 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3262 among girls in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #1343 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 2001–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2115 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Melia 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 Melia in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	38	7 of 10	5
2010s	119	10 of 10	12
2020sbusiest	81	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Melia 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 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1343 in England and Wales in 2018.

Melia'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	#2115	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1640	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1621	18	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1687	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1940	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1343	24	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1995	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2203	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	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 2001 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,343, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,115position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
24births registered in its largest year, 2018Under 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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Melek · #544, 29y
Melina · #156, 41y
Melinda · #33, 61y

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.

Aiyana · #1343, 27y
Eden-Rose · #1343, 17y
Farren · #1343, 27y
Neev · #1343, 19y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Eden-Rose · #1343, 17y
Neev · #1343, 19y
Ruby-Rae · #1343, 19y
Talulah · #1342, 21y

Melia 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 Melia without appearing here.

Melia moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2233 and #5785.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2233 and #5785.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1995 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1343 and #4684.
Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3422 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2392 and #5707.

Moved ahead of Melia

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #938.
Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1343 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1940 and #1063.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2636 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2521 and #1893.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1940 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1687 and #1313.

Moved the opposite way to Melia

Kari Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melia went from #4137 to #2115 while Kari went from #2868 to #5891.
Kristin Compare
Between 2001 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Melia went from #3262 to #1640 while Kristin went from #1520 to #5687.
Teddy Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melia went from #4137 to #2115 while Teddy went from #4137 to #5891.
Tracey Compare
Between 2001 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Melia went from #3262 to #1640 while Tracey went from #1238 to #5687.

Moved the same way as Melia

Dylan Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melia went from #4137 to #2115 and Dylan from #4137 to #1743.
Frida Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melia went from #4137 to #2115 and Frida from #3409 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melia went from #4137 to #2115 and Meabh from #2868 to #952.
Eabha Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melia went from #3548 to #2115 and Eabha from #5061 to #1262.

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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 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1343 in England and Wales in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Melia

Melia at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Melia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Melia at a glance

Melia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Melia and the names beside it

Melia moved ahead of

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