Girls' name · since 1942
Melany
Since 1942, U.S. Social Security records show 17,379 babies named Melany, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #1,162 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #399 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 17,379
- born since 1942
- 2010s
- peak decade
Melany currently ranks #399 among girls' names in America, with 17,379 babies recorded since 1942.
Social Security Administration records show Melany recorded 17,379 times among girls since 1942, holding rank #399 nationally today, ahead of 98% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 2025.
- #1,162 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #399 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 17,379 born since 1942
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melany ranks #1,162 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #399 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 17,379 born since 1942, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,162 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #399 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 17,379
- born since 1942
- 2010s
- peak decade
Melany's 17,379 recorded births place it above 98.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
39 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Melany compares
17,379 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
Melany's all-time total is 46x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melany | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 17,379 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 779 | 21 | 19,840 |
Melany's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Melany's SSA record in two at 1986 and the more recent half accounts for 91% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 9%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1944, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 779, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Melany popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 779
- Annual births at peak, across 84 years of records
Melany popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2006 (Melany as boys' name)
Melany by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (6,263 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Melany's strongest decade.
6,263 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Melany births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 23
1940s
23 births
- 1950s 255
1950s
255 births
- 1960s 442
1960s
442 births
- 1970s 503
1970s
503 births
- 1980s 508
1980s
508 births
- 1990s 838
1990s
838 births
- 2000s
2000s
5,270 births
- 2010s
2010s
6,263 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,277 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 6,263 births (36% of all-time use).
How Melany 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 Melany's total volume
Melany by state
Where Melany concentrates geographically, total births since 1942
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,518 | 20.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,913 | 16.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,159 | 6.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,155 | 6.6% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 634 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 615 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 466 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 447 | 2.6% |
3,518 of 17,379 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Melany appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Melany's data
- Melany's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (6,263 total births) through the 2020s (3,277) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Melanys (3,518 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 Melany: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~83 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, 1942–2025 (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 Melany 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.