How Many People Are Named Meloney?
An estimated 782 people in the United States have the first name Meloney. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 50 years old, and Meloney peaked in popularity in 1964 with 39 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Meloney 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 Meloney paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
782
About 1 in 438,305 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
50
years old
Peak Year
1964
39 births
Total Registered
895
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Meloney
Meloney is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 895 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Meloney as a female name
Ranked #11,626 in 2014
9 female births in 2014
Peak: 1964 (39 births)
Meloney: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Meloney span from the 1950s to the 2010s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 281 babies were registered. Meloney has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Meloney by Decade
How has Meloney 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.
Meloney by State
Meloney + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Meloney as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Meloney
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
Meloney: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Meloney?
We estimate approximately 782 people named Meloney 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 438,305 Americans share this first name.
Is Meloney a common name?
Meloney is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 88.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 895 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Meloney most popular?
Meloney reached peak popularity in 1964, when 39 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Meloney is approximately 50 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Meloney a female name?
Meloney is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Meloney Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Meloney Smith, Meloney Johnson, Meloney 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.
Search for a full name combination
How Many of Me