Melania
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- me-LAH-nee-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,368 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,170 for girls
Melania is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “black, dark”. In 2025 it ranked 1,368th for girls in the UK (24 babies) and 1,170th for girls in the US (198 babies).
What does Melania mean?
Greek: from melas, black
“black, dark”
From Greek melas, black or dark; St Melania the Younger was a 5th-century Roman noblewoman.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Melania a girl's or a boy's name?
Melania is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the UK and 198 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melania in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,368th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were named Melania, making it the 1,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,064th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 43 girls.
Half of all the girls named Melania in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 28 girls in the UK were given Melania or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,081, up from #1,368 for this spelling alone.
- Melania 24
- Melaniia 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,315th in England and Wales.
Melania in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 2023 | 29 | #1,209 |
| 2022 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2021 | 43 | #890 |
| 2020 | 34 | #1,064 |
| 2019 | 36 | #1,040 |
| 2018 | 34 | #1,098 |
| 2017 | 34 | #1,104 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,853 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Melania in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,170th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 198 about 1 in 8,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 198 girls in the US were named Melania, making it the 1,170th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,198th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 283 girls. It first appears in the records in 1913.
2025 had more girls named Melania than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Melania in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melania in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 198 | #1,170 |
| 2024 | 133 | #1,579 |
| 2023 | 113 | #1,792 |
| 2022 | 145 | #1,497 |
| 2021 | 154 | #1,410 |
| 2020 | 192 | #1,198 |
| 2019 | 210 | #1,145 |
| 2018 | 233 | #1,083 |
| 2017 | 283 | #932 |
| 2016 | 131 | #1,649 |
| 2015 | 92 | #2,103 |
| 2014 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2013 | 97 | #2,002 |
| 2012 | 100 | #1,955 |
| 2011 | 99 | #1,982 |
| 2010 | 82 | #2,313 |
| 2009 | 72 | #2,567 |
| 2008 | 80 | #2,397 |
| 2007 | 79 | #2,394 |
| 2006 | 128 | #1,651 |
| 2005 | 124 | #1,623 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,851 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,143 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,399 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
Nicknames for Melania
Names like Melania
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophia, Emilia, Aria, Lyra, Arabella, Mila, Mia, Myla, Athena, Eliana, Amelia, Maisie
Other spellings of Melania
Melaniia
Names related to Melania
Milana, Melina, Melanie, Milani, Milania, Meilani, Melani, Melany
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Melania: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melania, updated 20 October 2026.