girl's name
Melyah
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 160
Melyah is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in France in 2019, when 20 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 117,911 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 2013.
Melyah over time
Births per decade in France, 2010s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 2010s | 80 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 80 |
How popular is Melyah?
In 2025, Melyah was given to 5 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Melyah is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mélyah | Mélyah is a rare spelling of Melyah, written with an acute accent and recorded about 75 times, mostly in France. | 75 |
| Mëlyah | Mëlyah is a rare spelling of Melyah, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. | 5 |
Names that peaked alongside Melyah
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Melyah also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Melyah over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Melyah
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Melyah — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Melyah
Is Melyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Melyah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Melyah most popular?
Melyah peaked in 2019, when 20 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Melyah a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Melyah currently ranks #2,582 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.