Total births
11
Girls' name · since 2005
Melan
11 babies named Melan in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14496
- among girls today
- 11
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 18%
- more common than other girls
Yes -- Melan is the #14496 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 11 recorded since 2005.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melan has been recorded 11 times among girls since 2005, currently ranked #14496 nationally and more common than 18% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2024.
- #14496 among girls today
- 11 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
- 18% more common than other girls
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Melan is currently the #14496 girls' name in America, more common than 18% of girls - 11 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14496
- among girls today
- 11
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 18%
- more common than other girls
Melan vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#14496
of 17,726 girls in use
More common than 18% of names given to girls today.
2020s
Peak decade
55% of everyone ever named Melan was born in this single decade.
2024
Single peak year
6 babies were named Melan in 2024 - its busiest year on record.
How Melan compares
11 3th percentile among 17,726 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Melan's all-time total is 97% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melan | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 48 | 19,840 |
Melan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melan's full recorded timeline at 2024, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2024
Current rank
#14,496
Active since
2005
Melan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Melan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Melan's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Melan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Melan? ▼
Since 2005, Social Security records show 11 babies named Melan. Today it holds rank #14496 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2024, with 6 births.
When was Melan most popular? ▼
Melan was most popular in the 2020s decade with 6 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
How long has the name Melan been used? ▼
Melan has been recorded in Social Security data since 2005, spanning 20 years of data through 2024.
What names are similar to Melan? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Melissa, Melanie, Melinda, Melody, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Melan
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Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Melan
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Melinda Girl
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Melody Girl
#91 114,914 births
Melba Girl
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Data Sources
Data as of June 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2005–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Melan: #14496 Girls' Name - 11 Births, Peak 2024." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/melan. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Melan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.