Recorded 1942–2025 · United States
Melany was most popular in 2025, when 779 American babies were given the name — ranking #827 that year. In 2025 it ranked #827, with 779 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 17,384 people named Melany.
Melany first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1942, which makes it about 83 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 79 of the 84 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 17,384 American births named Melany 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 17,119 are estimated to be alive today.
779 American babies were named Melany in 2025, ranking #827 that year.
Melany is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 565 births a year, against 666 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -15% 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.
Across the whole record Melany is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 17,384 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.
Roughly 17,119 Americans named Melany are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 9 and 21. That is a narrow band because Melany is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
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.
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