Given name

Melah

Melah is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Melah isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Melah through the years

Babies since 1880
407
0 boys · 407 girls
Most popular year
2019
39 babies
2025
10
#9,883 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−29%
Easing
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Melah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2005–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,883 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 29.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 39 in 2019.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Melah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Mahdiya

12Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Melanna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Melodyann

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jamylah

21RareSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Makeyla

15Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Mikeyla

21RareSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Amalah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Maelly

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Melah’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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