Girls' name · since 1947
Melaney
1,259 babies named Melaney in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,418 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,259
- born since 1947
- 2000s
- peak decade
Melaney is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,259 have been recorded since 1947.
Melaney has 1,259 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 2024.
- #6,418 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,259 born since 1947
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melaney ranks #6,418 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,259 born since 1947, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,418 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,259
- born since 1947
- 2000s
- peak decade
Melaney's 1,259 recorded births place it above 91.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
Melaney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melaney's full recorded timeline at 1988, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 38 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melaney popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–2024
- Peak year (2007)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 78 years of records
Melaney by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (262 births, 21% of the file).
2000s was Melaney's strongest decade.
262 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Melaney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 16
1940s
16 births
- 1950s 84
1950s
84 births
- 1960s
1960s
141 births
- 1970s
1970s
204 births
- 1980s
1980s
167 births
- 1990s
1990s
181 births
- 2000s
2000s
262 births
- 2010s
2010s
165 births
- 2020s 39
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 262 births (21% of all-time use).
How Melaney compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Melaney's total volume
Melaney by state
Where Melaney concentrates geographically, total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 70 | 5.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 23 | 1.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.4% |
70 of 1,259 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Melaney's data
- Melaney's decade-level peak was the 2000s (262 total births); usage has since declined to 39 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Melaneys (70 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Melaney: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~77 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1947–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Melaney 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 August 2026.