Girls' name · since 1913
Melania
3,573 babies named Melania in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,210 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,170 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,573
- born since 1913
- 2010s
- peak decade
Melania currently ranks #1170 among girls' names in America, with 3,573 babies recorded since 1913.
Melania has 3,573 recorded births among girls since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1170 as of the latest data, more common than 93% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2025.
- #3,210 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,170 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,573 born since 1913
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melania ranks #3,210 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,170 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,573 born since 1913, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,210 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,170 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,573
- born since 1913
- 2010s
- peak decade
Melania's 3,573 recorded births place it above 95.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Melania compares
3,573 Top 17% higher than 83% 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
Melania's all-time total is 10x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melania | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,573 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 283 | 21 | 19,840 |
Melania's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Melania splits its recorded history at 1982: 88% of all births land in the more recent half, 12% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 283 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Melania popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 283
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Melania by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,405 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Melania's strongest decade.
1,405 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Melania births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 59
1910s
59 births
- 1920s 60
1920s
60 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 34
1950s
34 births
- 1960s 88
1960s
88 births
- 1970s 119
1970s
119 births
- 1980s 134
1980s
134 births
- 1990s 151
1990s
151 births
- 2000s
2000s
571 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,405 births
- 2020s
2020s
935 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,405 births (39% of all-time use).
How Melania 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 Melania's total volume
Melania by state
Where Melania concentrates geographically, total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 478 | 13.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 365 | 10.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 274 | 7.7% |
| #4 | Texas | | 208 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 175 | 4.9% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 175 | 4.9% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 96 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 51 | 1.4% |
478 of 3,573 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Melania appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Melania's data
- Melania's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,405 total births) through the 2020s (935) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Melanias (478 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 Melania: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~112 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, 1913–2025 (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 Melania 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.