Girls' name · since 1962
Melannie
1,746 babies named Melannie in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,160 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,369 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,746
- born since 1962
- 2000s
- peak decade
Melannie currently ranks #6369 among girls' names in America, with 1,746 babies recorded since 1962.
Social Security Administration records show Melannie recorded 1,746 times among girls since 1962, holding rank #6369 nationally today, ahead of 63% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2025.
- #5,160 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,369 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,746 born since 1962
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melannie ranks #5,160 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,369 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,746 born since 1962, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,160 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,369 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,746
- born since 1962
- 2000s
- peak decade
Melannie's 1,746 recorded births place it above 92.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Melannie compares
1,746 Top 24% higher than 76% 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
Melannie's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melannie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,746 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 82 | 21 | 19,840 |
Melannie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Melannie's SSA record in two at 1996 and the more recent half accounts for 81% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 19%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1965, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 82, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Melannie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 82
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Melannie by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (626 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Melannie's strongest decade.
626 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Melannie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 45
1960s
45 births
- 1970s 146
1970s
146 births
- 1980s 71
1980s
71 births
- 1990s 159
1990s
159 births
- 2000s
2000s
626 births
- 2010s
2010s
563 births
- 2020s 136
2020s
136 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 626 births (36% of all-time use).
How Melannie 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 Melannie's total volume
Melannie by state
Where Melannie concentrates geographically, total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 383 | 21.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 253 | 14.5% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 40 | 2.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 40 | 2.3% |
| #5 | New York | | 31 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 24 | 1.4% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.3% |
383 of 1,746 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Melannie's data
- Melannie's decade-level peak was the 2000s (626 total births); usage has since declined to 136 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Melannies (383 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Melannie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1962–2025 (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 Melannie 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.