How rare is the name Melania?

4,437 people in the United States have the first name Melania, about 1 in 68,071. It ranks #4,287 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MELANIA

#4,287

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,437
About
1 in 68,071
This common or more
83.8%
Who bears it

Of the 4,437 people named Melania, 55.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 33.3% as White and 4.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Melania peaked in 2017, when 283 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
2017
Births that year
283
In 2025*
198 ▼30%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,573 babies have been given the name since 1913. 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.

Melania by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,643. The largest share of babies named Melania, 57.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#5,41159
1920s#6,96160
1930s#10,17411
1940s#11,8886
1950s#9,21734
1960s#6,96088
1970s#7,441119
1980s#8,280134
1990s#9,830151
2000s#4,916571
2010s#2,8071,405
2020s#2,643935
Greatest Generation 1901–273%
Silent Generation 1928–450.8%
Baby boom 1946–642%
Generation X 1965–805.2%
Millennials 1981–966.4%
Generation Z 1997–1224.9%
2013 and later57.6%

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 Melania is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Melania has been most common in Florida (3.8×), New Jersey (3×), and California (2.3×), and least common in Ohio (0.41×).

2,074 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.

Either side of Melania

#4,285 Shani · 4,439#4,285 Shaquille · 4,439#4,288 Kat · 4,432#4,289 Joeseph · 4,431

Spelled almost the same

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

#248 Melanie · 225,738#1,728 Melina · 17,597#2,133 Melany · 12,514#3,872 Melani · 5,073#3,997 Melonie · 4,864#9,260 Meilani · 1,515#10,227 Melannie · 1,314#10,944 Melena · 1,194

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