How Many People Are Named Melanee?
An estimated 1,106 people in the United States have the first name Melanee. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 38 years old, and Melanee peaked in popularity in 1963 with 28 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Melanee as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Melanee paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,106
About 1 in 309,904 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
38
years old
Peak Year
1963
28 births
Total Registered
1,222
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Melanee
Melanee is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,222 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Melanee as a female name
Ranked #12,967 in 2024
7 female births in 2024
Peak: 1963 (28 births)
Melanee: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Melanee span from the 1940s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 197 babies were registered. Melanee has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Melanee by Decade
How has Melanee tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Melanee by State
Birth registrations for Melanee span all 4 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Michigan. The lowest are in Ohio, Michigan, Texas. On average, about 23 Melanees were registered per state.
Melanee + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Melanee as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Melanee: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Melanee?
We estimate approximately 1,106 people named Melanee are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 309,904 Americans share this first name.
Is Melanee a common name?
Melanee is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 90.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,222 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Melanee most popular?
Melanee reached peak popularity in 1963, when 28 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Melanee is approximately 38 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Melanee a female name?
Melanee is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Melanee Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Melanee Smith, Melanee Johnson, Melanee Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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