Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Melina

Gender

Female

Origin

Greek
Canary yellow.
Honey
Latin

Syllables

3

Themes

  • Nature

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Melina

Pronunciation

m(e)-li-na

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2009 (rank #456, 681 births); most recent 2025 (rank #660, 434 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
2025434
2024466
2023448
2022460
2021468
2020445
2019486
2018471
2017486
2016490

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #655, 57 births); most recent 2025 (rank #719, 51 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202551
202454
202353
202257
202137
202052
201931
201839
201740
201637

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2010 (rank #50, 1,429 births); most recent 2023 (rank #132, 443 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023443
2022559
2021638
2020678
2019710
2018804
20171,018
20161,093
20151,179
20141,119

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #850, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20253
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
20183
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #560, 5 births); most recent 2025 (rank #780, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
20253
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20195
2018–
20173
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2009 (rank #337, 11 births); most recent 2022 (rank #545, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
20226
20216
20205
20195
20187
2017–
20168
20156
20146

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence