Melita

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Melita: Recorded since 1997, it reached #660 in 2015, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#660highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2738
1999	#2189
2000	#2746
2001	#2466
2002	#2540
2003	#2727
2004	#2278
2005	#2682
2006	#2320
2007	#3667
2008	#2721
2009	#3422
2010	#2235
2011	#1807
2012	#1649
2013	#2176
2014	#1882
2015	#1711
2016	#2757
2017	#2201
2018	#2340
2019	#1703
2020	#2843
2021	#2711
2022	#5669
2023	#5687
2024	#4843

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 27 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2018: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2340 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2738 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2011–2018
Highest recorded position: #660 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2015 (recorded 2011–2018).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Melita appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 242 births with the name.

Melita 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.

Melita'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	#2738 (1997)	#1649 (2012)	#4843 (2024)	27 of 28	242 (1997–2024)	18 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#937 (2011)	#660 (2015)	#896 (2018)	4 of 8	15 (2011–2018)	5 (2015)

Melita 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 Melita in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	2 of 10	6
2000s	66	10 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	137	10 of 10	14
2020s	27	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Melita 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #660 in Republic of Ireland in 2015.

Melita'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1703	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1882	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	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	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #660, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 14 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.

Melisa · #353, 34y
Melissa · #2, 64y
Mella · #389, 10y
Mellisa · #389, 27y

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.

Annabell · #660, 29y
Mateus · #660, 25y
Rahaf · #660, 22y
Samar · #660, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Annabell · #660, 29y
Mateus · #660, 25y
Samar · #660, 29y
Abdurrahman · #659, 28y

Melita was ranked #660 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2015. 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.

Melita 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 Melita without appearing here.

Melita moved ahead of

Kristine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3422 and #3031 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2235 and #5707.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3667 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2235 and #5707.
Gail Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3667 and #3667 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2721 and #5545.
Jayden Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2235 and #1731 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1807 and #3549.

Moved ahead of Melita

Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2711 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #2488.
Luca Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2711 and #3192 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #2673.
Finley Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2711 and #2942 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #3533.
Malin Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2711 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #3970.

Moved the opposite way to Melita

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melita went from #2738 to #4843 while Ada went from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melita went from #2738 to #4843 while Alma went from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melita went from #2738 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melita went from #2738 to #4843 while Amalie went from #3824 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Melita

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melita went from #2738 to #4843 and Abigail from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melita went from #2738 to #4843 and Aimee from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melita went from #2738 to #4843 and Aisling from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melita went from #2738 to #4843 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #660 in Republic of Ireland in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Melita

Melita at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Melita across 2 official records

Melita by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

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Melita across 2 official records

Melita by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Melita appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Melita

Melita and the names beside it

Melita moved ahead of

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