How Many People Are Named Melanie?
people named Melanie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,383 people in the US has this name
Based on 263,254 babies named Melanie in Social Security records from 1886 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
6,320 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Czech form of MELANIE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Melanie in English. Counting Melanie and these spellings together, about 264,301 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Melanie (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Melanie alive today is about 38 years old, and 47% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 20 and 53 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Melanie first appears in the records in 1886 and was given most often in 1972, to 6,320 babies. In 2025, 2,074 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1886 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Melanie never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #42, in 1972, and it was in the top 100 in 40 years between 1968 and 2017. In 2025 it ranked #142.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #142 |
| Best rank | #42 (1972) |
| Years in the top 100 | 40 (1968 to 2017) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #56 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Melanie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Melanie were born in California than in any other state: about 35,378 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Melanie was given 1.6 times as often in Nevada, 1.5 times in Hawaii and 1.5 times in Utah.
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