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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Meliza

Meliza was the 14348th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1997, when it ranked 2612th with 49 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,896 places. More babies were named Meliza in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Meaning (as Melissa) bee, honeybee · Greek

Rank in 2025
#14,348 girls, up 2,358 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
6girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
199749 babies
Total since 1880
1,054babies recorded

What does the name Meliza mean?

Meliza is a spelling of Melissa, pronounced the same way, so it shares Melissa's meaning and origin.

Melissa is the Greek word for "bee" or "honeybee". In Greek myth Melissa was a nymph who fed the infant Zeus with honey, as the Random House dictionary notes, and the name was used by Renaissance poets such as Ariosto. Wiktionary adds that in Ireland it has served as a feminine of Maol Íosa, "servant of Jesus". It was very popular in the US in the 1970s and 1980s.

μέλισσα (Ancient Greek, “bee, honeybee”)

How sure is this? Well established.

Related names: Mel, Missy, Melisa, Lissa.

See also: Greek names, names that mean an animal.

Sources for this meaning

Meliza popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#14,3486
2020#16,7065
2010#6,31721
2000#3,85333
1990#4,62821
1980#4,24718
1970#5,28810
1960——
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How popular is Meliza, counting every spelling?

Meliza is a spelling of Melissa, a name family that ranked #404 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #14,348 for Meliza on its own. Together these spellings went to 810 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Melissa747#4203,976
Melisa57#2,950268

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Meliza?

6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Meliza (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Meliza born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Meliza.

Chance of another Meliza in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Meliza?

About 1,000 people born in the US named Meliza are alive today, with a median age of 29; half are between 21 and 38. That makes Meliza mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Meliza by state

How common Meliza was among girls born in each state in 1995–1999, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in California (3.5×). In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesCA0.07Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Meliza, girls, 1995–1999. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Meliza: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Meliza, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Meliza

What does Meliza mean?

Meliza is a spelling of Melissa, which means “bee, honeybee” (Greek origin). Certainty: well established.

How popular is the name Meliza?

Meliza was the 14348th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1997, when it ranked 2612th with 49 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,896 places. More babies were named Meliza in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Meliza a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Meliza in the US.

Where was Meliza most popular?

In 1995–1999, Meliza was most common in California (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and New York.