How rare is the name Melany?

12,514 people in the United States have the first name Melany, about 1 in 24,135. It ranks #2,133 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MELANY

#2,133

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,514
About
1 in 24,135
This common or more
78.6%
Who bears it

Of the 12,514 people named Melany, 78% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 17.5% as White and 1.9% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Melany peaked in 2025, when 779 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19422025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
779
In 2025*
779
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 17,384 babies have been given the name since 1942. 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.

Melany by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #978. The largest share of babies named Melany, 44.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1940s#8,92123
1950s#3,472255
1960s#2,786442
1970s#2,962503
1980s#3,398508
1990s#2,998838
2000s#1,0355,275
2010s#9786,263
2020s#1,0923,277
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–642.9%
Generation X 1965–804.5%
Millennials 1981–965.2%
Generation Z 1997–1244.2%
2013 and later43.1%

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 Melany is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Melany has been most common in Nevada (4.3×), Texas (2.6×), and Arizona (2.6×), and least common in Missouri (0.09×).

14,616 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 Melany

#2,131 Camron · 12,532#2,132 Thalia · 12,526#2,134 Abdullah · 12,512#2,135 Jerri · 12,510

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,872 Melani · 5,073#4,446 Melony · 4,197#12,081 Melaney · 1,042#14,205 Melana · 833#16,403 Melanny · 688#20,377 Mellany · 508#21,143 Meleny · 483#21,445 Melane · 473

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