Melana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- meh-LAH-nuh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Melana is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Melana come from?
Greek: probably a variant of Melanie, from Greek melas 'black, dark'
Is Melana a girl's or a boy's name?
Melana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Melana, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 71 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.
2025 had more girls named Melana than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Melana in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,114 |
| 2004 | 71 | #2,393 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,618 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
Nicknames for Melana
Names like Melana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariana Melina Selena Melissa Makayla Sophia Miranda Marisol Alessandra Sierra Serena Mariana
Names related to Melana
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Melana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melana, updated 20 October 2026.