girls:
5.2k births since 1890
#2339 (59th percentile)
overall:
5.2k births since 1890
#3789 (51st percentile)
The name Melia is the #3,789 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,178 recorded births since 1890. This represents the 51.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 51.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,339 (59.1% percentile) for all time with 5,178 births since 1890.
Melia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1890 (first recorded for girls in 1890). Birth data for Melia is available in 92 out of the 134 years between 1890 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Melia reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 20.0% percentile (ranked #773) with 95 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 95 births per million (ranked 20.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Melia ranks #835 for girls (11.8% percentile) with 67 births per million, which is 70.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Melia".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Melia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.5% confident that Melia is pronounced as MEH-lee-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEE-lee-uh, at 25.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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