Melanie — #122 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Melanie

The Social Security Administration has registered 260,544 babies named Melanie between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melanie currently holds the #122 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 6,295 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melanie performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 53,320 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Melanie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 36,496 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Melanie in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melanie 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 260,544 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.