Melanie
Girl · MEL-a-nee · Greek
Melanie is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “black, dark”. In 2025 it ranked 865th for girls in the UK (44 babies) and 142nd for girls in the US (2,074 babies).
What does Melanie mean?
Greek: French form of Melania
“black, dark”
French form of Melania; Melanie Hamilton is a key character in Gone with the Wind.
- Say it
- MEL-a-nee
More on Wiktionary.
Is Melanie a girl's or a boy's name?
Melanie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 girls in the UK and 2,074 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melanie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #865among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 6,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the UK were named Melanie, making it the 865th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 720th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 193 girls.
Half of all the girls named Melanie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 47 girls in the UK were given Melanie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #762, up from #865 for this spelling alone.
- Melanie 44
- Melani 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 863rd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1964 (#65), 1974 (#32) and 1984 (#69).
Melanie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #865 |
| 2024 | 38 | #984 |
| 2023 | 49 | #788 |
| 2022 | 46 | #836 |
| 2021 | 49 | #816 |
| 2020 | 56 | #720 |
| 2019 | 62 | #684 |
| 2018 | 79 | #577 |
| 2017 | 72 | #634 |
| 2016 | 70 | #656 |
| 2015 | 64 | #683 |
| 2014 | 72 | #625 |
| 2013 | 77 | #587 |
| 2012 | 64 | #699 |
| 2011 | 62 | #699 |
| 2010 | 54 | #738 |
| 2009 | 59 | #687 |
| 2008 | 92 | #485 |
| 2007 | 89 | #487 |
| 2006 | 97 | #453 |
| 2005 | 104 | #408 |
| 2004 | 122 | #345 |
| 2003 | 126 | #330 |
| 2002 | 136 | #304 |
| 2001 | 167 | #272 |
| 2000 | 180 | #255 |
| 1999 | 193 | #238 |
| 1998 | 145 | #293 |
| 1997 | 169 | #259 |
| 1996 | 186 | #239 |
How popular is Melanie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #142among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 2,074about 1 in 770 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.8%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 2,074 girls in the US were named Melanie, making it the 142nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 105th. Its busiest year was 1972, with 6,296 girls. It first appears in the records in 1886.
2025 had fewer girls named Melanie than any year since 1954.
Half of all the girls named Melanie in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,155 girls in the US were given Melanie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #99, up from #142 for this spelling alone.
Melanie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,074 | #142 |
| 2024 | 2,253 | #122 |
| 2023 | 2,121 | #130 |
| 2022 | 2,173 | #130 |
| 2021 | 2,188 | #129 |
| 2020 | 2,528 | #105 |
| 2019 | 2,592 | #110 |
| 2018 | 2,850 | #105 |
| 2017 | 3,240 | #90 |
| 2016 | 3,490 | #82 |
| 2015 | 3,497 | #81 |
| 2014 | 3,701 | #81 |
| 2013 | 3,474 | #84 |
| 2012 | 3,467 | #77 |
| 2011 | 3,289 | #89 |
| 2010 | 3,486 | #82 |
| 2009 | 3,487 | #94 |
| 2008 | 3,714 | #85 |
| 2007 | 4,000 | #81 |
| 2006 | 4,034 | #85 |
| 2005 | 3,495 | #92 |
| 2004 | 3,583 | #89 |
| 2003 | 3,550 | #93 |
| 2002 | 3,484 | #94 |
| 2001 | 2,913 | #117 |
| 2000 | 2,968 | #114 |
| 1999 | 2,649 | #126 |
| 1998 | 2,459 | #135 |
| 1997 | 2,522 | #127 |
| 1996 | 2,664 | #118 |
| 1995 | 2,646 | #117 |
| 1994 | 2,679 | #120 |
| 1993 | 2,987 | #110 |
| 1992 | 3,353 | #98 |
| 1991 | 3,580 | #96 |
| 1990 | 3,813 | #86 |
| 1989 | 3,628 | #88 |
| 1988 | 2,834 | #99 |
| 1987 | 2,745 | #102 |
| 1986 | 2,973 | #97 |
| 1985 | 3,132 | #88 |
| 1984 | 3,516 | #85 |
| 1983 | 3,553 | #79 |
| 1982 | 4,255 | #65 |
| 1981 | 4,475 | #66 |
| 1980 | 4,841 | #60 |
| 1979 | 5,021 | #53 |
| 1978 | 4,996 | #54 |
| 1977 | 5,373 | #53 |
| 1976 | 5,241 | #53 |
| 1975 | 5,369 | #52 |
| 1974 | 5,483 | #51 |
| 1973 | 6,079 | #43 |
| 1972 | 6,296 | #42 |
| 1971 | 5,135 | #66 |
| 1970 | 4,330 | #91 |
| 1969 | 3,925 | #92 |
| 1968 | 3,641 | #94 |
| 1967 | 3,108 | #110 |
| 1966 | 3,050 | #116 |
| 1965 | 3,116 | #122 |
| 1964 | 3,943 | #105 |
| 1963 | 4,268 | #101 |
| 1962 | 4,281 | #106 |
| 1961 | 3,757 | #123 |
| 1960 | 3,662 | #125 |
| 1959 | 2,826 | #149 |
| 1958 | 2,535 | #157 |
| 1957 | 2,474 | #152 |
| 1956 | 2,691 | #143 |
| 1955 | 2,658 | #141 |
| 1954 | 1,859 | #178 |
| 1953 | 1,423 | #210 |
| 1952 | 1,351 | #211 |
| 1951 | 1,006 | #244 |
| 1950 | 1,026 | #237 |
| 1949 | 1,199 | #217 |
| 1948 | 955 | #241 |
| 1947 | 520 | #350 |
| 1946 | 410 | #374 |
| 1945 | 335 | #384 |
| 1944 | 307 | #410 |
| 1943 | 407 | #353 |
| 1942 | 388 | #354 |
| 1941 | 308 | #393 |
| 1940 | 200 | #477 |
| 1939 | 57 | #930 |
| 1938 | 53 | #972 |
| 1937 | 39 | #1,144 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,262 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,924 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,906 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,036 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,097 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,896 |
| 1927 | 27 | #1,586 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,931 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,377 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,732 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,109 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,626 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,063 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,754 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,203 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,246 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,178 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,656 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,369 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,261 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,142 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,416 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,485 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,052 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,098 |
| 1898 | 11 | #1,047 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,263 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,299 |
| 1894 | 10 | #998 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,085 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,213 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,024 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1886 | 8 | #828 |
Nicknames for Melanie
Names like Melanie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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