Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Melanie

#160 most common girls' name of all time · #306 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1886–2025

Rank among girls
#160
Rank overall
#306 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
136 of 146
All-time
263,254
Since 2016
25,514
Peak year
1972 #42
Best rank
#42 1972
Girls Boys peak 6,320/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Melanie first appears in 1886. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 2,074 — 2,074 #142
2024 2,253 — 2,253 #122
2023 2,121 — 2,121 #130
2022 2,173 — 2,173 #130
2021 2,188 — 2,188 #129
2020 2,528 — 2,528 #105
2019 2,592 — 2,592 #110
2018 2,850 — 2,850 #105
2017 3,240 5 3,245 #90
2016 3,490 — 3,490 #82
2015 3,497 — 3,497 #81
2014 3,701 7 3,708 #81
2013 3,474 — 3,474 #84
2012 3,467 — 3,467 #77
2011 3,289 5 3,294 #89
2010 3,486 — 3,486 #82
2009 3,487 — 3,487 #94
2008 3,714 8 3,722 #85
2007 4,000 15 4,015 #81
2006 4,034 9 4,043 #85
2005 3,495 11 3,506 #92
2004 3,583 16 3,599 #89
2003 3,550 8 3,558 #93
2002 3,484 7 3,491 #94
2001 2,913 7 2,920 #117
2000 2,968 13 2,981 #114
1999 2,649 8 2,657 #126
1998 2,459 — 2,459 #135
1997 2,522 9 2,531 #127
1996 2,664 8 2,672 #119
1995 2,646 10 2,656 #117
1994 2,679 6 2,685 #120
1993 2,987 9 2,996 #110
1992 3,353 13 3,366 #98
1991 3,580 10 3,590 #96
1990 3,813 19 3,832 #86
1989 3,628 21 3,649 #88
1988 2,834 13 2,847 #99
1987 2,745 8 2,753 #102
1986 2,973 7 2,980 #97
1985 3,132 18 3,150 #88
1984 3,516 21 3,537 #85
1983 3,553 18 3,571 #79
1982 4,255 14 4,269 #66
1981 4,475 12 4,487 #66
1980 4,841 21 4,862 #60
1979 5,021 24 5,045 #53
1978 4,996 16 5,012 #54
1977 5,373 17 5,390 #53
1976 5,241 18 5,259 #53
1975 5,369 14 5,383 #52
1974 5,483 19 5,502 #51
1973 6,079 19 6,098 #43
1972 6,296 24 6,320 #42
1971 5,135 11 5,146 #66
1970 4,330 13 4,343 #91
1969 3,925 5 3,930 #92
1968 3,641 13 3,654 #94
1967 3,108 — 3,108 #110
1966 3,050 6 3,056 #116
1965 3,116 9 3,125 #122
1964 3,943 15 3,958 #105
1963 4,268 9 4,277 #101
1962 4,281 — 4,281 #106
1961 3,757 6 3,763 #123
1960 3,662 7 3,669 #125
1959 2,826 — 2,826 #149
1958 2,535 — 2,535 #157
1957 2,474 6 2,480 #152
1956 2,691 7 2,698 #143
1955 2,658 — 2,658 #141
1954 1,859 — 1,859 #178
1953 1,423 — 1,423 #210
1952 1,351 — 1,351 #211
1951 1,006 — 1,006 #244
1950 1,026 — 1,026 #237
1949 1,199 — 1,199 #217
1948 955 — 955 #242
1947 520 — 520 #350
1946 410 — 410 #376
1945 335 — 335 #386
1944 307 — 307 #413
1943 407 — 407 #354
1942 388 — 388 #355
1941 308 — 308 #393
1940 200 — 200 #482
1939 57 — 57 #935
1938 53 — 53 #978
1937 39 — 39 #1,152
1936 13 — 13 #2,308
1935 9 — 9 #2,967
1934 9 — 9 #2,970
1933 17 — 17 #1,923
1932 16 — 16 #2,067
1931 17 — 17 #1,960
1930 12 — 12 #2,578
1929 16 — 16 #2,121
1928 20 — 20 #1,922
1927 27 — 27 #1,597
1926 20 — 20 #1,947
1925 15 — 15 #2,403
1924 13 — 13 #2,695
1923 12 — 12 #2,773
1922 18 — 18 #2,131
1921 16 — 16 #2,299
1920 26 — 26 #1,641
1919 17 — 17 #2,094
1918 22 — 22 #1,778
1917 15 — 15 #2,237
1916 14 — 14 #2,280
1915 20 — 20 #1,700
1914 8 — 8 #2,699
1913 12 — 12 #1,816
1912 20 — 20 #1,200
1911 9 — 9 #1,703
1910 8 — 8 #1,838
1909 10 — 10 #1,417
1908 11 — 11 #1,314
1907 12 — 12 #1,177
1906 8 — 8 #1,472
1905 7 — 7 #1,603
1904 7 — 7 #1,558
1903 5 — 5 #1,886
1901 6 — 6 #1,555
1900 13 — 13 #1,089
1899 9 — 9 #1,156
1898 11 — 11 #1,084
1897 7 — 7 #1,326
1895 7 — 7 #1,369
1894 10 — 10 #1,048
1893 5 — 5 #1,521
1892 8 — 8 #1,153
1891 6 — 6 #1,293
1889 7 — 7 #1,113
1887 6 — 6 #1,123
1886 8 — 8 #894