Melania
Recorded 1913–2025 · United States
Melania was most popular in 2017, when 283 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,733 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,221, with 198 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,573 people named Melania.
Melania over time
How old is the name Melania?
Melania first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1913, which makes it about 112 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 88 of the 113 years since.
How many people are named Melania?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,573 American births named Melania between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,396 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Melania in 2025?
198 American babies were named Melania in 2025, ranking #2,221 that year.
Is Melania getting more or less popular?
Melania is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 149 births a year, against 93 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +59% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Melania a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Melania is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,573 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Melania?
Roughly 3,396 Americans named Melania are alive today — 95% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 10 years old, and half are between 6 and 19.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org