first name
MELIA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,704 people named Melia, 50.7% reported their origin as White, 17.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 13.2% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Melia peaked in 2006, when 198 babies got the name.
At least 5,321 babies have been given the name since 1890. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Melia by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,394. The largest share of babies named Melia, 42.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Melia is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Melia has been most common in Hawaii (17×), California (3.5×), and Washington (3.4×), and least common in Illinois (0.43×).
2,285 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Melia
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Melia, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Melia ranks #14,581 of 156,621, with 1,963 people. See Melia as a last name
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