NameTides

Melanie

Melanie was the #142 girls' name in the US in 2025 (2,074 babies), and #863 in England & Wales and #582 in Canada.

Melanie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Melanie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandEngland & WalesIreland
Melanie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#142 (2,074)#863 (41)#780 (3)—#885 (3)#582 (52)—
2024#122 (2,253)#934 (38)——#441 (8)#601 (49)—
2023#130 (2,121)#754 (47)——#856 (3)#493 (59)—
2022#130 (2,173)#809 (44)——#389 (10)#575 (49)—
2021#129 (2,188)#812 (44)#558 (5)—#299 (14)#577 (52)—
2020#105 (2,528)#720 (51)#544 (5)—#544 (6)#424 (71)—
2019#110 (2,592)#761 (50)#406 (8)#336 (4)#551 (6)#603 (51)—
2018#105 (2,850)#602 (68)#449 (7)#361 (4)#411 (10)#442 (73)—
2017#90 (3,240)#624 (67)#570 (5)—#365 (11)#568 (55)—
2016#82 (3,490)#703 (58)#453 (7)#306 (5)#316 (14)#470 (70)—
2015#81 (3,497)#708 (56)#653 (4)#358 (4)#378 (12)#420 (81)—
2014#81 (3,701)#589 (70)——#494 (8)#457 (72)—
2013#84 (3,474)#593 (69)#564 (5)#440 (3)#424 (10)#433 (74)—
2012#77 (3,467)#663 (62)——#474 (9)#386 (83)—
2011#89 (3,289)#749 (50)#317 (12)—#325 (15)#331 (100)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1973 at #43.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1886.

How common is it?

about 1 in 780 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 780common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Melanie is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 750 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 710 to 1 in 800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Melanie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #179WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #158WAIdaho: #193IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #232MNIllinois: #98ILMichigan: #259MINew York: #162NYMassachusetts: #215MAOregon: #223ORNevada: #150NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #301IAIndiana: #168INOhio: #205OHPennsylvania: #215PANew Jersey: #149NJConnecticut: #220CTRhode Island: #180RICalifornia: #76CAUtah: #287UTColorado: #138CONebraska: #223NEMissouri: #329MOKentucky: #216KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #153VAMaryland: #114MDDelaware: #82DEArizona: #99AZNew Mexico: #111NMKansas: #193KSArkansas: #208ARTennessee: #119TNNorth Carolina: #168NCSouth Carolina: #244SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #185OKLouisiana: #342LAMississippi: #114MSAlabama: #221ALGeorgia: #140GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #76TXFlorida: #127FL
Melanie (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#48326
Quebec2025#5917

Melanie (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
MelanieCanadaGirls#58252
MelanieEngland & WalesGirls#86341
MelanieIrelandGirls#8853
MelanieNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MelanieNSWGirls—too few
MelanieScotlandGirls#7803
MelanieUSGirls#1422,074
MelanieUSBoys—too few