Melane — girls' name

What the Data Says About Melane

The Social Security Administration has registered 210 babies named Melane between 1956 and 2012, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melane currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melane performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 97 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Melane shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Melane in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melane in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 210 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.