Melanin
#26,749 most common girls' name of all time · #43,110 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 2016–2025
Rank among girls
#26,749
Rank overall
#43,110 of 105,966
First appeared
2016
Years on the list
10 of 146
All-time
85
Since 2016
85
Peak year
2021 #7,609
Best rank
#7,609 2021
Girls
Boys
peak 15/yr
Melanin first appears in 2016. 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.