Girls' name · since 1956
Meloni
391 babies named Meloni in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,704 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,240 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 391
- born since 1956
- 1970s
- peak decade
391 babies have been named Meloni since 1956, making it today's #10240 girls' name.
Meloni has 391 recorded births among girls since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10240 as of the latest data, more common than 41% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2025.
- #13,704 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,240 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 391 born since 1956
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meloni ranks #13,704 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,240 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 391 born since 1956, peaking in the 1970s.
- #13,704 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,240 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 391
- born since 1956
- 1970s
- peak decade
Meloni's 391 recorded births place it above 81.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Meloni compares
391 Top 50% higher than 50% 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
Meloni's all-time total is 4% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Meloni | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 391 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Meloni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Meloni's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1956, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1963 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Meloni popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2025
- Peak year (1963)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Meloni by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (88 births, 23% of the file).
1970s was Meloni's strongest decade.
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Meloni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 16
1950s
16 births
- 1960s
1960s
86 births
- 1970s
1970s
88 births
- 1980s
1980s
65 births
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
- 2010s
2010s
61 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 88 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Meloni's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (88 total births) through the 2020s (33) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1956–2025 (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 Meloni 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.