Melenie — #15532 US girls' name
648 babies named Melenie in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Melenie was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Melenie in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Melenie
The Social Security Administration has registered 648 babies named Melenie between 1949 and 2024, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melenie currently holds the #15532 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Melenie performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 255 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Melenie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 121 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Melenie in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Melenie 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 648 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.
Melenie at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Melenie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1949
- Peak year (1999)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
Currently ranks #15532 among girls.
648 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 31 births in a single year.
Melenie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 255 births that decade — 39% of Melenie's all-time total
Melenie decade highlights
- Peak decade 255 births
- Runner-up 105 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Melenie's strongest decade
255 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Melenie by state
Where Melenie concentrates geographically — total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 121 | 18.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 89 | 13.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 10 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.8% |
121 of 648 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 18.7% of nationwide
- Texas 13.7% of nationwide
- New York 1.5% of nationwide
- Florida 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.7% 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, 1949–2024 (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.