Melanie

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Melanie first appears in the data in 1970 and has been recorded in 30 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1977 with 482 babies (rank #15 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Melanie

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Melanie yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

8,057
Total babies (all years)
30
Years in the data
482
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
197093#99
1971215#68
1972287#54
1973411#33
1974422#29
1975403#30
1976473#15
1977482#15
1978476#17
1979435#20
1980356#26
1981383#28
1982382#27
1983344#30
1984310#36
1985278#40
1986281#38
1987257#43
1988231#49
1989208#60
1990207#54
1991202#53
1992207#57
1993214#57
1994134#92
1995166#79
1996100#88
199796#88
20151#2,116
20163#485