Girls' name · since 1947
Melani
5,912 babies named Melani in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,302 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,053 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,912
- born since 1947
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Melani is the #1053 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 5,912 recorded since 1947.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melani has been recorded 5,912 times among girls since 1947, currently ranked #1053 nationally and more common than 94% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 2025.
- #2,302 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,053 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,912 born since 1947
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melani ranks #2,302 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,053 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,912 born since 1947, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,302 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,053 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,912
- born since 1947
- 2010s
- peak decade
Melani's 5,912 recorded births place it above 96.81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Melani compares
5,912 Top 13% higher than 87% of 17,297 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
Melani's all-time total is 16x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,912 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 258 | 21 | 19,840 |
Melani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melani's full recorded timeline at 1987, 78% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 22% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1947, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 258 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 258
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
Melani by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,486 births, 25% of the file).
2010s was Melani's strongest decade.
1,486 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Melani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 20
1940s
20 births
- 1950s 158
1950s
158 births
- 1960s 367
1960s
367 births
- 1970s 511
1970s
511 births
- 1980s 352
1980s
352 births
- 1990s 351
1990s
351 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,245 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,486 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,422 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,486 births (25% of all-time use).
How Melani 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 Melani's total volume
Melani by state
Where Melani concentrates geographically, total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 871 | 14.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 646 | 10.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 309 | 5.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 273 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 186 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 158 | 2.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 128 | 2.2% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 121 | 2.0% |
871 of 5,912 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Melani appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Melani's data
- Melani's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,486 total births) through the 2020s (1,422) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Melanis (871 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 Melani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~78 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, 1947–2025 (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 Melani 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.