Melaney
Melaney is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 200738 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1947
- 1,259people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,259 girls have been named Melaney in the United States since 1947, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 38 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 2000s alone account for 21%.
By decade
In 2007, its biggest year
Melaney was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2007 were Emily, Isabella, Emma, Ava and Madison. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Melaney
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Haydeepeak 2008
- Delainapeak 2007
- Dyanapeak 2004
- Meleapeak 2006
- Joyapeak 1990
- Mellaniepeak 2003
- Lynaepeak 2006
- Melaneepeak 1963
Other spellings in the data
- Melanie260,544 ever
- Melany16,595 ever
- Melani5,676 ever
- Melannie1,727 ever
- Melanee1,222 ever
- Mellanie1,112 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.