Girls' name · since 1997
Melanny
981 babies named Melanny in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,624 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,945 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 981
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Melanny is the #4945 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 981 recorded since 1997.
Melanny has 981 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4945 as of the latest data, more common than 71% 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 1997 to 2025.
- #7,624 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,945 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 981 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melanny ranks #7,624 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,945 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 981 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,624 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,945 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 981
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Melanny's 981 recorded births place it above 89.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Melanny compares
981 Top 32% higher than 68% 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
Melanny's all-time total is 161% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melanny | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 981 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 69 | 21 | 19,840 |
Melanny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Melanny's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2013 peak of 69, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Melanny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 69
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Melanny by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (489 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Melanny's strongest decade.
489 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Melanny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 29
1990s
29 births
- 2000s
2000s
315 births
- 2010s
2010s
489 births
- 2020s 148
2020s
148 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 489 births (50% of all-time use).
How Melanny 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 Melanny's total volume
Melanny by state
Where Melanny concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 198 | 20.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 138 | 14.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 21 | 2.1% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 17 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 15 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.5% |
198 of 981 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Melanny's data
- Melanny's decade-level peak was the 2010s (489 total births); usage has since declined to 148 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Melannys (198 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 Melanny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Melanny 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.