Melanie
#142 for girls in 2025, 2,074 births · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 6,296 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 40 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 262,640since 1886
Melanie over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #142 | 2,074 | — | |
| 2024 | #122 | 2,253 | — | |
| 2023 | #130 | 2,121 | — | |
| 2022 | #130 | 2,173 | — | |
| 2021 | #129 | 2,188 | — | |
| 2020 | #105 | 2,528 | — | |
| 2019 | #110 | 2,592 | — | |
| 2018 | #105 | 2,850 | — | |
| 2017 | #90 | 3,240 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #82 | 3,490 | — | |
| 2015 | #81 | 3,497 | — | |
| 2014 | #81 | 3,701 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #84 | 3,474 | — | |
| 2012 | #77 | 3,467 | — | |
| 2011 | #89 | 3,289 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #82 | 3,486 | — | |
| 2009 | #94 | 3,487 | — | |
| 2008 | #85 | 3,714 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #81 | 4,000 | #5,661 | 15 |
| 2006 | #85 | 4,034 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #92 | 3,495 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #89 | 3,583 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #93 | 3,550 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #94 | 3,484 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #117 | 2,913 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #114 | 2,968 | #5,297 | 13 |
| 1999 | #126 | 2,649 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #135 | 2,459 | — | |
| 1997 | #127 | 2,522 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #118 | 2,664 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #117 | 2,646 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #120 | 2,679 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #110 | 2,987 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #98 | 3,353 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #96 | 3,580 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #86 | 3,813 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #88 | 3,628 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #99 | 2,834 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #102 | 2,745 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #97 | 2,973 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #88 | 3,132 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #85 | 3,516 | #2,364 | 21 |
| 1983 | #79 | 3,553 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #65 | 4,255 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #66 | 4,475 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #60 | 4,841 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | #53 | 5,021 | #2,104 | 24 |
| 1978 | #54 | 4,996 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #53 | 5,373 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #53 | 5,241 | #2,417 | 18 |
| 1975 | #52 | 5,369 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #51 | 5,483 | #2,199 | 19 |
| 1973 | #43 | 6,079 | #2,124 | 19 |
| 1972 | #42 | 6,296 | #1,819 | 24 |
| 1971 | #66 | 5,135 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #91 | 4,330 | #2,621 | 13 |
| 1969 | #92 | 3,925 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #94 | 3,641 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #110 | 3,108 | — | |
| 1966 | #116 | 3,050 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #122 | 3,116 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #105 | 3,943 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #101 | 4,268 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #106 | 4,281 | — | |
| 1961 | #123 | 3,757 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #125 | 3,662 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #149 | 2,826 | — | |
| 1958 | #157 | 2,535 | — | |
| 1957 | #152 | 2,474 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #143 | 2,691 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #141 | 2,658 | — | |
| 1954 | #178 | 1,859 | — | |
| 1953 | #210 | 1,423 | — | |
| 1952 | #211 | 1,351 | — | |
| 1951 | #244 | 1,006 | — | |
| 1950 | #237 | 1,026 | — | |
| 1949 | #217 | 1,199 | — | |
| 1948 | #241 | 955 | — | |
| 1947 | #350 | 520 | — | |
| 1946 | #374 | 410 | — | |
| 1945 | #384 | 335 | — | |
| 1944 | #410 | 307 | — | |
| 1943 | #353 | 407 | — | |
| 1942 | #354 | 388 | — | |
| 1941 | #393 | 308 | — | |
| 1940 | #477 | 200 | — | |
| 1939 | #930 | 57 | — | |
| 1938 | #972 | 53 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,144 | 39 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,906 | 17 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,897 | 20 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,587 | 27 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,932 | 20 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,378 | 15 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,626 | 26 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,754 | 22 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,672 | 20 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,178 | 20 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,053 | 13 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,047 | 11 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | — | |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Melanie! It came in at #828, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Melanie
- 20 spots since 2024 (#122 → #142)
- 37 spots since 2020 (#105 → #142)
- 61 spots since 2015 (#81 → #142)
- Biggest jump: 453 spots in 1940 (#930 → #477)
- Biggest drop: 301 spots in 1895 (#998 → #1,299)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1972 at #42 (6,296 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 40 yrs · run 1968–1986
- Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1938–2025
- Highest: 1 in 240 girls born in 1973 were named Melanie (0.42%)
- Latest: 1 in 775 girls born in 2025 (0.13%)
- Its best rank, #42 in 1972, was only 1 in 242 (0.41%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.3% of all girls named Melanie (53,323) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 21 | #828 (1886) | #963 |
| 1890s | 63 | #998 (1894) | #1,180 |
| 1900s | 79 | #1,053 (1900) | #1,391 |
| 1910s | 145 | #1,178 (1912) | #1,895 |
| 1920s | 183 | #1,587 (1927) | #2,130 |
| 1930s | 242 | #930 (1939) | #1,959 |
| 1940s | 5,029 | #217 (1949) | #355 |
| 1950s | 19,849 | #141 (1955) | #182 |
| 1960s | 36,751 | #92 (1969) | #109 |
| 1970s | 53,323 | #42 (1972) | #56 |
| 1980s | 35,952 | #60 (1980) | #83 |
| 1990s | 29,352 | #86 (1990) | #113 |
| 2000s | 35,228 | #81 (2007) | #94 |
| 2010s | 33,086 | #77 (2012) | #88 |
| 2020s | 13,337 | #105 (2020) | #126 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Melanie in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 549 of them was named Melanie, which outranked 99.3% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 102,678 of them was named Melanie, which outranked 64.3% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,598Yesenia19
- #2,598Zacary19
- #2,598Zavier19
- #2,710Melanie18
- #2,710Adrienne18
- #2,710Akira18
- #2,710Alston18
- #2,828Adil17
- #2,828Adriana17
- #2,828Akash17
Tied with 117 names at #2,710; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.