How Many People Are Named Melany?
An estimated 16,196 people in the United States have the first name Melany. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Melany peaked in popularity in 2007 with 776 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Melany 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 Melany paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
16,196
About 1 in 21,163 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
2007
776 births
Total Registered
16,600
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Melany
Melany is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 16,600 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Melany as a male name
Ranked #13,348 in 2006
5 male births in 2006
Peak: 2006 (5 births)
Melany as a female name
Ranked #438 in 2024
707 female births in 2024
Peak: 2007 (776 births)
Melany: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Melany span from the 1940s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 6,263 babies were registered. While Melany is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Melany by Decade
How has Melany 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.
Melany by State
Birth registrations for Melany span all 38 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, New York. The lowest are in Mississippi, District of Columbia, Missouri. On average, about 365 Melanys were registered per state.
Melany + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Melany as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Melany
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
Melany: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Melany?
We estimate approximately 16,196 people named Melany 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 21,163 Americans share this first name.
Is Melany a common name?
Melany is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 98.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 16,600 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Melany most popular?
Melany reached peak popularity in 2007, when 776 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Melany is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Melany a female name?
Melany is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Melany Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Melany Smith, Melany Johnson, Melany 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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