Melaney
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #8,946
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 35 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,259since 1947
Melaney over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Melaney has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 |
| 2012 | #5,253 | 26 |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 |
| 2010 | #4,974 | 28 |
| 2009 | #4,571 | 32 |
| 2008 | #4,882 | 30 |
| 2007 | #4,050 | 38 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 |
| 2005 | #4,029 | 35 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 |
| 1996 | #4,883 | 20 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 |
| 1991 | #3,936 | 26 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 |
| 1989 | #3,893 | 25 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 |
| 1975 | #2,743 | 27 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 |
| 1972 | #2,173 | 35 |
| 1971 | #3,266 | 20 |
| 1970 | #3,208 | 20 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 |
| 1968 | #2,630 | 23 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
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| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
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| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 |
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| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 |
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First appearance
1947
The first year at least five girls were named Melaney! It came in at #4,345, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1948, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Melaney is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Melaney in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Melaney
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1972 at #2,173 (35 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 43,464
- Highest: 1 in 43,464 girls born in 1972 were named Melaney (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 147,290 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 20.8% of all girls named Melaney (262) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 16 | #3,612 (1949) | #3,979 |
| 1950s | 84 | #2,755 (1958) | #3,801 |
| 1960s | 141 | #2,630 (1968) | #3,628 |
| 1970s | 204 | #2,173 (1972) | #3,561 |
| 1980s | 167 | #3,625 (1981) | #4,752 |
| 1990s | 181 | #3,936 (1991) | #5,439 |
| 2000s | 262 | #4,029 (2005) | #5,106 |
| 2010s | 165 | #4,974 (2010) | #7,569 |
| 2020s | 39 | #8,946 (2024) | #11,718 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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