Melaney — #9025 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Melaney

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,259 babies named Melaney between 1947 and 2024, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melaney currently holds the #9025 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melaney performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 262 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Melaney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 70 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Melaney in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melaney 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 1,259 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.