Melanie is a very popular girls' name that peaked in 1972 and has grown less common since.
Melanie is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #142 for girl births in the United States (and #328 across all names), given to 2,074 babies. Melanie was first reported in SSA data in 1886 and peaked in 1972 (6,296 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,074 | 2,074 | #142 | — |
| 2024 | 2,253 | 2,253 | #122 | — |
| 2023 | 2,121 | 2,127 | #130 | — |
| 2022 | 2,173 | 2,173 | #130 | — |
| 2021 | 2,188 | 2,188 | #129 | — |
| 2020 | 2,528 | 2,528 | #105 | — |
| 2019 | 2,592 | 2,592 | #110 | — |
| 2018 | 2,850 | 2,855 | #105 | — |
| 2017 | 3,245 | 3,251 | #90 | #13,593 |
| 2016 | 3,490 | 3,503 | #82 | — |
| 2015 | 3,497 | 3,503 | #81 | — |
| 2014 | 3,708 | 3,729 | #81 | #10,358 |
| 2013 | 3,474 | 3,491 | #84 | — |
| 2012 | 3,467 | 3,484 | #77 | — |
| 2011 | 3,294 | 3,324 | #89 | #13,647 |
| 2010 | 3,486 | 3,523 | #82 | — |
| 2009 | 3,487 | 3,515 | #94 | — |
| 2008 | 3,722 | 3,769 | #85 | #9,564 |
| 2007 | 4,015 | 4,066 | #81 | #5,825 |
| 2006 | 4,043 | 4,136 | #85 | #8,510 |
| 2005 | 3,506 | 3,563 | #92 | #6,948 |
| 2004 | 3,599 | 3,664 | #89 | #5,174 |
| 2003 | 3,558 | 3,629 | #93 | #8,355 |
| 2002 | 3,491 | 3,588 | #94 | #9,071 |
| 2001 | 2,920 | 3,060 | #117 | #8,919 |
| 2000 | 2,981 | 3,122 | #114 | #5,488 |
| 1999 | 2,657 | 2,824 | #126 | #7,628 |
| 1998 | 2,459 | 2,653 | #135 | — |
| 1997 | 2,531 | — | #127 | #6,435 |
| 1996 | 2,672 | — | #119 | #6,906 |
| 1995 | 2,656 | — | #117 | #5,771 |
| 1994 | 2,685 | — | #120 | #8,428 |
| 1993 | 2,996 | — | #110 | #6,070 |
| 1992 | 3,366 | — | #98 | #4,492 |
| 1991 | 3,590 | — | #96 | #5,374 |
| 1990 | 3,832 | — | #86 | #3,261 |
| 1989 | 3,649 | — | #88 | #2,961 |
| 1988 | 2,847 | — | #99 | #3,824 |
| 1987 | 2,753 | — | #102 | #5,279 |
| 1986 | 2,980 | — | #97 | #5,725 |
| 1985 | 3,150 | — | #88 | #2,789 |
| 1984 | 3,537 | — | #85 | #2,410 |
| 1983 | 3,571 | — | #79 | #2,637 |
| 1982 | 4,269 | — | #65 | #3,230 |
| 1981 | 4,487 | — | #66 | #3,540 |
| 1980 | 4,862 | — | #60 | #2,417 |
| 1979 | 5,045 | — | #53 | #2,138 |
| 1978 | 5,012 | — | #54 | #2,752 |
| 1977 | 5,390 | — | #53 | #2,622 |
| 1976 | 5,259 | — | #53 | #2,472 |
| 1975 | 5,383 | — | #52 | #2,856 |
| 1974 | 5,502 | — | #51 | #2,249 |
| 1973 | 6,098 | — | #43 | #2,183 |
| 1972 | 6,320 | — | #42 | #1,858 |
| 1971 | 5,146 | — | #66 | #3,092 |
| 1970 | 4,343 | — | #91 | #2,699 |
| 1969 | 3,930 | — | #92 | #4,799 |
| 1968 | 3,654 | — | #94 | #2,411 |
| 1967 | 3,108 | — | #110 | — |
| 1966 | 3,056 | — | #116 | #3,790 |
| 1965 | 3,125 | — | #122 | #2,915 |
| 1964 | 3,958 | — | #105 | #2,169 |
| 1963 | 4,277 | — | #101 | #2,989 |
| 1962 | 4,281 | — | #106 | — |
| 1961 | 3,763 | — | #123 | #3,920 |
| 1960 | 3,669 | — | #125 | #3,543 |
| 1959 | 2,826 | — | #149 | — |
| 1958 | 2,535 | — | #157 | — |
| 1957 | 2,480 | — | #152 | #3,829 |
| 1956 | 2,698 | — | #143 | #3,423 |
| 1955 | 2,658 | — | #141 | — |
| 1954 | 1,859 | — | #178 | — |
| 1953 | 1,423 | — | #210 | — |
| 1952 | 1,351 | — | #211 | — |
| 1951 | 1,006 | — | #244 | — |
| 1950 | 1,026 | — | #237 | — |
| 1949 | 1,199 | — | #217 | — |
| 1948 | 955 | — | #242 | — |
| 1947 | 520 | — | #350 | — |
| 1946 | 410 | — | #376 | — |
| 1945 | 335 | — | #386 | — |
| 1944 | 307 | — | #413 | — |
| 1943 | 407 | — | #354 | — |
| 1942 | 388 | — | #356 | — |
| 1941 | 308 | — | #393 | — |
| 1940 | 200 | — | #480 | — |
| 1939 | 57 | — | #933 | — |
| 1938 | 53 | — | #982 | — |
| 1937 | 39 | — | #1,155 | — |
| 1936 | 13 | — | #2,351 | — |
| 1935 | 9 | — | #3,087 | — |
| 1934 | 9 | — | #3,084 | — |
| 1933 | 17 | — | #1,949 | — |
| 1932 | 16 | — | #2,103 | — |
| 1931 | 17 | — | #2,004 | — |
| 1930 | 12 | — | #2,645 | — |
| 1929 | 16 | — | #2,155 | — |
| 1928 | 20 | — | #1,945 | — |
| 1927 | 27 | — | #1,607 | — |
| 1926 | 20 | — | #1,972 | — |
| 1925 | 15 | — | #2,456 | — |
| 1924 | 13 | — | #2,765 | — |
| 1923 | 12 | — | #2,859 | — |
| 1922 | 18 | — | #2,161 | — |
| 1921 | 16 | — | #2,346 | — |
| 1920 | 26 | — | #1,651 | — |
| 1919 | 17 | — | #2,129 | — |
| 1918 | 22 | — | #1,789 | — |
| 1917 | 15 | — | #2,282 | — |
| 1916 | 14 | — | #2,330 | — |
| 1915 | 20 | — | #1,718 | — |
| 1914 | 8 | — | #2,792 | — |
| 1913 | 12 | — | #1,849 | — |
| 1912 | 20 | — | #1,203 | — |
| 1911 | 9 | — | #1,741 | — |
| 1910 | 8 | — | #1,883 | — |
| 1909 | 10 | — | #1,439 | — |
| 1908 | 11 | — | #1,321 | — |
| 1907 | 12 | — | #1,192 | — |
| 1906 | 8 | — | #1,511 | — |
| 1905 | 7 | — | #1,647 | — |
| 1904 | 7 | — | #1,597 | — |
| 1903 | 5 | — | #1,979 | — |
| 1901 | 6 | — | #1,606 | — |
| 1900 | 13 | — | #1,088 | — |
| 1899 | 9 | — | #1,159 | — |
| 1898 | 11 | — | #1,080 | — |
| 1897 | 7 | — | #1,345 | — |
| 1895 | 7 | — | #1,385 | — |
| 1894 | 10 | — | #1,043 | — |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,580 | — |
| 1892 | 8 | — | #1,146 | — |
| 1891 | 6 | — | #1,293 | — |
| 1889 | 7 | — | #1,094 | — |
| 1887 | 6 | — | #1,111 | — |
| 1886 | 8 | — | #874 | — |