Melayah — #12921 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Melayah

The Social Security Administration has registered 150 babies named Melayah between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melayah currently holds the #12921 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melayah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Melayah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Melayah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melayah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 150 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.