How rare is the name Melani?

5,073 people in the United States have the first name Melani, about 1 in 59,537. It ranks #3,872 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MELANI

#3,872

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,073
About
1 in 59,537
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,073 people named Melani, 52.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 28.7% as White and 9.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Melani peaked in 2020, when 258 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19472025
Peak year
2020
Births that year
258
In 2025*
234 ▼9%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,912 babies have been given the name since 1947. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Melani by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,995. The largest share of babies named Melani, 42.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#9,29820
1950s#4,514158
1960s#3,091367
1970s#2,920511
1980s#4,317352
1990s#5,421351
2000s#2,8431,245
2010s#2,7031,486
2020s#1,9951,422
Baby boom 1946–646.3%
Generation X 1965–8012.6%
Millennials 1981–968.7%
Generation Z 1997–1229.7%
2013 and later42.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Melani is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Melani has been most common in Arizona (2.9×), Florida (2.7×), and California (2.6×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.26×).

3,326 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Melani

1 other first name also has 5,073 people.

#3,872 Abigayle · 5,073

Either side of Melani

#3,871 Jamarion · 5,075#3,872 Abigayle · 5,073#3,874 Elin · 5,072#3,874 Krzysztof · 5,072

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Melani, most common first.

#248 Melanie · 225,738#2,133 Melany · 12,514#4,287 Melania · 4,437#9,260 Meilani · 1,515#14,205 Melana · 833#21,445 Melane · 473#23,767 Meloni · 410#25,807 Melanio · 365

Also a last name

As a last name, Melani ranks #96,193 of 156,621, with 203 people. See Melani as a last name

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