Meliyah — #7801 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Meliyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 492 babies named Meliyah between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meliyah currently holds the #7801 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Meliyah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 231 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Meliyah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Meliyah in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Meliyah 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 492 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.