# Melany (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/melany/  
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 | 17,384 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 17,379 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 70, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Rare non-standard variant of Melanie.

## 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 | 638 | 466 |
| 2012 | 633 | 487 |
| 2013 | 670 | 455 |
| 2014 | 730 | 441 |
| 2015 | 660 | 485 |
| 2016 | 550 | 566 |
| 2017 | 632 | 494 |
| 2018 | 490 | 614 |
| 2019 | 492 | 613 |
| 2020 | 450 | 643 |
| 2021 | 400 | 716 |
| 2022 | 474 | 624 |
| 2023 | 465 | 633 |
| 2024 | 709 | 437 |
| 2025 | 779 | 399 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | 13,351 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 6 | 2,802 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |

## 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.