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How popular is the name Melis?
Births per year, rank history and how many Melises are alive today.
Melis (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 3705th in 2025 and given to 6 babies. The name peaked in 1999, when 17 babies were given the name, the 1160th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2008, with 17 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 1999; the 2025 figure is roughly 35% of its peak.
The Melis you are most likely to meet is around 19 years old. Half of all Melises born in England and Wales are between 11 and 27, and there are at least 340 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Melis - on average, only one in every 927 such rooms contains a Melis.
How many babies are named Melis each year?
Where does Melis rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Melis most popular?
Melis peaked in 1999, when 17 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Melis?
At least 340 people named Melis born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Melis?
Most living Melises are between 11 and 27; the most common age is about 19.
Is Melis becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1999 peak.