NameTides

Melania

Melania was the #1,170 girls' name in the US in 2025 (198 babies), and #1,315 in England & Wales and #1,373 in Canada.

Melania as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Melania as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Melania as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,170 (198)#1,315 (24)———#1,373 (18)
2024#1,579 (133)#1,491 (21)——#736 (4)#1,833 (12)
2023#1,792 (113)#1,288 (25)—#391 (3)#856 (3)#2,366 (8)
2022#1,497 (145)#1,180 (28)——#905 (3)#2,133 (9)
2021#1,410 (154)#860 (41)——#517 (7)#1,592 (14)
2020#1,198 (192)#1,013 (33)——#444 (8)#1,877 (11)
2019#1,145 (210)#1,017 (34)——#551 (6)#1,342 (18)
2018#1,083 (233)#1,059 (33)——#629 (5)#1,259 (19)
2017#932 (283)#1,105 (31)#808 (3)—#734 (4)#1,123 (22)
2016#1,649 (131)#1,749 (17)———#2,040 (10)
2015#2,103 (92)#1,961 (14)——#581 (6)#1,659 (13)
2014#2,351 (78)#2,659 (9)——#752 (4)#2,905 (6)
2013#2,002 (97)#4,050 (5)——#747 (4)#2,058 (10)
2012#1,955 (100)#2,717 (9)———#1,787 (12)
2011#1,982 (99)#3,549 (6)———#1,305 (18)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #932.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1913.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,100 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 8,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Melania is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,200 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Melania by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #515ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #704NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: #572NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,027CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,224TXFlorida: #825FL
Melania (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2848

Melania (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MelaniaCanadaGirls#1,37318
MelaniaEngland & WalesGirls#1,31524
MelaniaIrelandGirls—too few
MelaniaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MelaniaScotlandGirls—too few
MelaniaUSGirls#1,170198