NameTides

Melani

Melani was the #1,053 girls' name in the US in 2025 (234 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales.

Melani as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Melani as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Melani as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,053 (234)#5,927 (3)——
2024#1,009 (254)#4,193 (5)——
2023#1,088 (227)———
2022#1,098 (227)#3,971 (5)——
2021#1,112 (222)#5,581 (3)——
2020#989 (258)#3,447 (6)——
2019#1,073 (235)#2,869 (8)——
2018#1,174 (205)#2,674 (9)——
2017#1,392 (165)#2,201 (12)——
2016#1,534 (147)#3,214 (7)#868 (3)—
2015#1,743 (120)#5,730 (3)——
2014#1,643 (130)#4,003 (5)——
2013#1,953 (101)#4,739 (4)——
2012#1,552 (141)#5,876 (3)——
2011#1,857 (108)——#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #989.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1947.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Melani is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,900 to 1 in 7,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Melani by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: #690MINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #908CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: #296NEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: #973NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #840TXFlorida: #1,000FL
Melani (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MelaniCanadaGirls—too few
MelaniEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
MelaniIrelandGirls—too few
MelaniNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MelaniUSGirls#1,053234