Melayah comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Princess from the highlands..
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How popular is Melayah?
2014peak year
The name Melayah reached its peak in 2014, with 17 registrations (ranked #7213). It had only entered records 7 years earlier, in 2007. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #11815) today, averaging about 9 new babies per year. Melayah's usage has held roughly steady recently. Across all years on record, approximately 150 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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