# Melani (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/melani/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,912 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,912 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 73, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 108 | 1,867 |
| 2012 | 141 | 1,557 |
| 2013 | 101 | 1,963 |
| 2014 | 130 | 1,648 |
| 2015 | 120 | 1,754 |
| 2016 | 147 | 1,538 |
| 2017 | 165 | 1,397 |
| 2018 | 205 | 1,176 |
| 2019 | 235 | 1,074 |
| 2020 | 258 | 990 |
| 2021 | 222 | 1,114 |
| 2022 | 227 | 1,103 |
| 2023 | 227 | 1,088 |
| 2024 | 254 | 1,010 |
| 2025 | 234 | 1,056 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.