Meleane — girls' name
101 babies named Meleane in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
101 girls have been named Meleane since 1985, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2025.
- 101
- total births
- 1985–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 32%
- born in that decade
32% of everyone ever named Meleane was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Meleane in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meleane
The Social Security Administration has registered 101 babies named Meleane between 1985 and 2025, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meleane currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meleane performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Meleane shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Meleane in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meleane 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 101 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.
Meleane at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Meleane popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1985
- Peak year (2020)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
101 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 9 births in a single year.
Meleane by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 32 births that decade — 32% of Meleane's all-time total
Meleane decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Meleane's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Meleane by state
Where Meleane concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 5.0% |
5 of 101 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1985–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.