Melani
#2,233 most common girls' name of all time · #3,804 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1947–2025
Rank among girls
#2,233
Rank overall
#3,804 of 105,966
First appeared
1947
Years on the list
78 of 146
All-time
5,912
Since 2016
2,174
Peak year
2020 #991
Best rank
#991 2020
Girls
Boys
peak 258/yr
Melani first appears in 1947. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 234 | — | 234 | #1,054 |
| 2024 | 254 | — | 254 | #1,011 |
| 2023 | 227 | — | 227 | #1,088 |
| 2022 | 227 | — | 227 | #1,101 |
| 2021 | 222 | — | 222 | #1,114 |
| 2020 | 258 | — | 258 | #991 |
| 2019 | 235 | — | 235 | #1,074 |
| 2018 | 205 | — | 205 | #1,174 |
| 2017 | 165 | — | 165 | #1,395 |
| 2016 | 147 | — | 147 | #1,538 |
| 2015 | 120 | — | 120 | #1,748 |
| 2014 | 130 | — | 130 | #1,645 |
| 2013 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,957 |
| 2012 | 141 | — | 141 | #1,557 |
| 2011 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,866 |
| 2010 | 134 | — | 134 | #1,614 |
| 2009 | 142 | — | 142 | #1,588 |
| 2008 | 170 | — | 170 | #1,402 |
| 2007 | 163 | — | 163 | #1,447 |
| 2006 | 179 | — | 179 | #1,311 |
| 2005 | 126 | — | 126 | #1,610 |
| 2004 | 114 | — | 114 | #1,705 |
| 2003 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,662 |
| 2002 | 98 | — | 98 | #1,829 |
| 2001 | 71 | — | 71 | #2,271 |
| 2000 | 66 | — | 66 | #2,344 |
| 1999 | 53 | — | 53 | #2,647 |
| 1998 | 41 | — | 41 | #3,086 |
| 1997 | 32 | — | 32 | #3,571 |
| 1996 | 35 | — | 35 | #3,323 |
| 1995 | 26 | — | 26 | #4,012 |
| 1994 | 25 | — | 25 | #4,159 |
| 1993 | 26 | — | 26 | #4,026 |
| 1992 | 33 | — | 33 | #3,376 |
| 1991 | 43 | — | 43 | #2,756 |
| 1990 | 37 | — | 37 | #3,041 |
| 1989 | 43 | — | 43 | #2,639 |
| 1988 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,772 |
| 1987 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,683 |
| 1986 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,436 |
| 1985 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,531 |
| 1984 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,538 |
| 1983 | 29 | — | 29 | #2,936 |
| 1982 | 41 | — | 41 | #2,392 |
| 1981 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,957 |
| 1980 | 62 | — | 62 | #1,774 |
| 1979 | 50 | — | 50 | #2,030 |
| 1978 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,213 |
| 1977 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,937 |
| 1976 | 58 | — | 58 | #1,688 |
| 1975 | 57 | — | 57 | #1,684 |
| 1974 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,813 |
| 1973 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,764 |
| 1972 | 61 | — | 61 | #1,536 |
| 1971 | 62 | — | 62 | #1,572 |
| 1970 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,429 |
| 1969 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,049 |
| 1968 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,081 |
| 1967 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,914 |
| 1966 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,046 |
| 1965 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,142 |
| 1964 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,743 |
| 1963 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,832 |
| 1962 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,728 |
| 1961 | 35 | — | 35 | #2,000 |
| 1960 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,243 |
| 1959 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,980 |
| 1958 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,071 |
| 1957 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,280 |
| 1956 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,450 |
| 1955 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,958 |
| 1954 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,480 |
| 1953 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,917 |
| 1952 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,839 |
| 1951 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,986 |
| 1949 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,217 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,622 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,047 |