Melita
4
Babies in 2024
-73%
10-year change
2012
Peak · 18
+33%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Melita
Melita has been falling out of fashion as a UK girl's name. In 2024, 4 girls were registered with the name in England & Wales — down 73% on a decade earlier.
Melita reached its peak in 2012, when 18 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,649 for UK girls that year. That's roughly 22% of the peak — registrations have thinned out since.
Across 27 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 242 girls have been officially registered with the name Melita in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 108 girls were registered with the name, starting from 15 in 2014 and ending at 4 in 2024.