NameTides

Melany

Melany was the #398 girls' name in the US in 2025 (779 babies).

Melany as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Melany 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020US
Melany 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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#398 (779)———
2024#437 (709)———
2023#632 (465)#4,057 (5)—#3,290 (5)
2022#624 (474)#4,646 (4)—#2,835 (6)
2021#716 (400)#3,519 (6)——
2020#642 (450)#3,117 (7)——
2019#613 (492)#4,686 (4)#871 (3)—
2018#614 (490)#3,985 (5)—#2,892 (6)
2017#494 (632)#3,583 (6)—#2,374 (8)
2016#565 (550)#4,096 (5)—#3,294 (5)
2015#485 (660)#4,736 (4)—#3,286 (5)
2014#441 (730)——#3,316 (5)
2013#453 (670)#3,536 (6)—#2,888 (6)
2012#486 (633)——#3,334 (5)
2011#466 (638)——#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #398.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1942.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,100 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.

Next year

On its recent trend, Melany is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,400 to 1 in 2,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Melany by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #586WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #502MNIllinois: #515ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #411NYMassachusetts: #417MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #301IAIndiana: #611INOhio: #562OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: #348NJConnecticut: #350CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #305CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #370CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #359VAMaryland: #176MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #416AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #349TNNorth Carolina: #273NCSouth Carolina: #403SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #437OKLouisiana: #597LAMississippi: #341MSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #305GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #228TXFlorida: #329FL
Melany (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
MelanyCanadaGirls—too few
MelanyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
MelanyIrelandGirls—too few
MelanyUSGirls#398779
MelanyUSBoys—too few