Girls' name · since 1972
Melynie
Since 1972, U.S. Social Security records show 21 babies named Melynie, peaking in 1972. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 21
- total births
- 1972–2013
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
Melynie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 21 recorded since 1972.
Melynie has 21 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1972 to 2013.
- 21 total births
- 1972–2013 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 48% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Melynie's 21 recorded births place it above 37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melynie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melynie's full recorded timeline at 2011, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1972 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melynie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2013
- Peak year (1972)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Melynie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Melynie's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Melynie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (48% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1972–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Melynie: Baby Name Since 1972 - 21 Births, Peak 1972." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/melynie. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Melynie 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 July 2026.