How Many People Are Named Melis?
An estimated 326 people in the United States have the first name Melis. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 17 years old, and Melis peaked in popularity in 2015 with 19 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Melis as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Melis paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
326
About 1 in 1,051,394 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
17
years old
Peak Year
2015
19 births
Total Registered
331
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Melis
Melis is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 331 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Melis as a female name
Ranked #8,755 in 2024
12 female births in 2024
Peak: 2015 (19 births)
Melis: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Melis span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 115 babies were registered. While Melis is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Melis by Decade
How has Melis tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Melis + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Melis as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Melis
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Melis: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Melis?
We estimate approximately 326 people named Melis are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,051,394 Americans share this first name.
Is Melis a common name?
Melis is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 80.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 331 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Melis most popular?
Melis reached peak popularity in 2015, when 19 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Melis is approximately 17 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Melis a female name?
Melis is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Melis Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Melis Smith, Melis Johnson, Melis Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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