Melany Girl
How popular is Melany?
#398 girl name in 2025
779 baby girls were named Melany in the US in 2025, making it the 398th most popular girl name.
Melany popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #398 for girls (▲ 39 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 779 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+18% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #485 in 2015, #642 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (779 girls) |
| Highest rank | #398 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1942 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Melany counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Melanie family of names ranked #102 for girls in 2025 (#96 the year before), with 3,176 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Melanie | 2,074 | 65% |
| Melany | 779 | 25% |
| Melani | 234 | 7% |
| Mehlani | 34 | 1% |
| Melannie | 18 | 1% |
| Melanny | 27 | 1% |
| Melahni | 5 | 0% |
| Mellanie | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Melany is most popular
Babies named Melany per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maryland: 0.9 per 1,000 (97 girls)
- Texas: 0.6 per 1,000 (507 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.6 per 1,000 (100 girls)
- California: 0.5 per 1,000 (447 girls)
- Florida: 0.5 per 1,000 (226 girls)
Melany by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 23 | #2,998 |
| 1950s | 255 | #1,434 |
| 1960s | 442 | #1,404 |
| 1970s | 503 | #1,607 |
| 1980s | 508 | #1,552 |
| 1990s | 838 | #1,229 |
| 2000s | 5,270 | #423 |
| 2010s | 6,263 | #410 |
| 2020s | 3,277 | #398 |
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Questions
- Is Melany a boy or girl name?
- Melany is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Melany were girls.
- How popular is the name Melany?
- 779 baby girls were named Melany in the US in 2025, making it the 398th most popular girl name.
- When was Melany most popular?
- Melany peaked in 2025, when 779 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #398 in 2025.
- How many people are named Melany?
- 17,384 babies have been named Melany in the US since 1880. We estimate about 17,139 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Melany most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Melany was most common in Maryland, at 0.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.