Malanie
Girl · MAL-a-nee · Greek
Malanie is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “dark, black”. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Malanie mean?
Greek: variant of Melanie
“dark, black”
A spelling of Melanie, from Greek melas 'dark'; Saint Melania the Elder was a fourth-century Roman pilgrim.
- Say it
- MAL-a-nee
Is Malanie a girl's or a boy's name?
Malanie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malanie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Malanie, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1958.
2025 had fewer girls named Malanie than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Malanie in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malanie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,852 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,001 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,773 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
Nicknames for Malanie
Names like Malanie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kalani Nalani Kailani Meilani Kaylani Alani Kehlani Noa Milani Naylani Mailani Nailani
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