Melany
#1,138 most common girls' name of all time · #2,015 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1942–2025
Rank among girls
#1,138
Rank overall
#2,015 of 105,966
First appeared
1942
Years on the list
79 of 146
All-time
17,384
Since 2016
5,441
Peak year
2025 #399
Best rank
#399 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 779/yr
Melany first appears in 1942. 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 | 779 | — | 779 | #399 |
| 2024 | 709 | — | 709 | #437 |
| 2023 | 465 | — | 465 | #632 |
| 2022 | 474 | — | 474 | #624 |
| 2021 | 400 | — | 400 | #716 |
| 2020 | 450 | — | 450 | #642 |
| 2019 | 492 | — | 492 | #614 |
| 2018 | 490 | — | 490 | #614 |
| 2017 | 632 | — | 632 | #494 |
| 2016 | 550 | — | 550 | #565 |
| 2015 | 660 | — | 660 | #485 |
| 2014 | 730 | — | 730 | #441 |
| 2013 | 670 | — | 670 | #453 |
| 2012 | 633 | — | 633 | #486 |
| 2011 | 638 | — | 638 | #466 |
| 2010 | 768 | — | 768 | #411 |
| 2009 | 745 | — | 745 | #427 |
| 2008 | 747 | — | 747 | #425 |
| 2007 | 776 | — | 776 | #423 |
| 2006 | 684 | 5 | 689 | #464 |
| 2005 | 537 | — | 537 | #539 |
| 2004 | 481 | — | 481 | #585 |
| 2003 | 482 | — | 482 | #575 |
| 2002 | 365 | — | 365 | #686 |
| 2001 | 257 | — | 257 | #891 |
| 2000 | 196 | — | 196 | #1,062 |
| 1999 | 153 | — | 153 | #1,233 |
| 1998 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,602 |
| 1997 | 113 | — | 113 | #1,462 |
| 1996 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,662 |
| 1995 | 50 | — | 50 | #2,530 |
| 1994 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,177 |
| 1993 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,019 |
| 1992 | 67 | — | 67 | #2,042 |
| 1991 | 53 | — | 53 | #2,401 |
| 1990 | 77 | — | 77 | #1,851 |
| 1989 | 67 | — | 67 | #1,930 |
| 1988 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,386 |
| 1987 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,936 |
| 1986 | 44 | — | 44 | #2,320 |
| 1985 | 43 | — | 43 | #2,332 |
| 1984 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,205 |
| 1983 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,873 |
| 1982 | 50 | — | 50 | #2,062 |
| 1981 | 49 | — | 49 | #2,100 |
| 1980 | 75 | — | 75 | #1,561 |
| 1979 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,739 |
| 1978 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,211 |
| 1977 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,815 |
| 1976 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,950 |
| 1975 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,795 |
| 1974 | 41 | — | 41 | #2,047 |
| 1973 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,660 |
| 1972 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,620 |
| 1971 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,956 |
| 1970 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,849 |
| 1969 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,704 |
| 1968 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,534 |
| 1967 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,312 |
| 1966 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,009 |
| 1965 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,976 |
| 1964 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,855 |
| 1963 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,709 |
| 1962 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,885 |
| 1961 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,576 |
| 1960 | 61 | — | 61 | #1,416 |
| 1959 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,447 |
| 1958 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,013 |
| 1957 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,401 |
| 1956 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,659 |
| 1955 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,868 |
| 1954 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,766 |
| 1953 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,684 |
| 1952 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,898 |
| 1951 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,671 |
| 1950 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,393 |
| 1949 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,154 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,134 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,607 |