Melani — #1006 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Melani

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,676 babies named Melani between 1947 and 2024, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melani currently holds the #1006 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 258 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melani performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,485 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Melani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 840 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Melani in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melani 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 5,676 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.