Melany
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEL-a-nee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #398 for girls
Melany is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “black, dark”. In 2025 it ranked 398th for girls in the US (779 babies).
What does Melany mean?
Greek: spelling of Melanie; French form of Melania
“black, dark”
French form of Melania; Melanie Hamilton is a key character in Gone with the Wind.
Meaning borrowed from Melanie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Melany a girl's or a boy's name?
Melany is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 779 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melany in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Melany in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melany in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
How popular is Melany in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #398among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 779about 1 in 2,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 779 girls in the US were named Melany, making it the 398th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 642nd. It first appears in the records in 1942.
2025 had the most girls named Melany of any year since it first appeared, in 1942.
Half of all the girls named Melany in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,155 girls in the US were given Melany or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #99, up from #398 for this spelling alone.
Melany in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 779 | #398 |
| 2024 | 709 | #437 |
| 2023 | 465 | #632 |
| 2022 | 474 | #624 |
| 2021 | 400 | #716 |
| 2020 | 450 | #642 |
| 2019 | 492 | #613 |
| 2018 | 490 | #614 |
| 2017 | 632 | #494 |
| 2016 | 550 | #565 |
| 2015 | 660 | #485 |
| 2014 | 730 | #441 |
| 2013 | 670 | #453 |
| 2012 | 633 | #486 |
| 2011 | 638 | #466 |
| 2010 | 768 | #410 |
| 2009 | 745 | #427 |
| 2008 | 747 | #425 |
| 2007 | 776 | #423 |
| 2006 | 684 | #464 |
| 2005 | 537 | #538 |
| 2004 | 481 | #585 |
| 2003 | 482 | #575 |
| 2002 | 365 | #686 |
| 2001 | 257 | #891 |
| 2000 | 196 | #1,058 |
| 1999 | 153 | #1,229 |
| 1998 | 102 | #1,595 |
| 1997 | 113 | #1,454 |
| 1996 | 92 | #1,654 |
| 1995 | 50 | #2,511 |
| 1994 | 62 | #2,162 |
| 1993 | 69 | #2,007 |
| 1992 | 67 | #2,028 |
| 1991 | 53 | #2,382 |
| 1990 | 77 | #1,843 |
| 1989 | 67 | #1,920 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,364 |
| 1987 | 33 | #2,913 |
| 1986 | 44 | #2,299 |
| 1985 | 43 | #2,316 |
| 1984 | 45 | #2,191 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,857 |
| 1982 | 50 | #2,050 |
| 1981 | 49 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 75 | #1,552 |
| 1979 | 63 | #1,731 |
| 1978 | 42 | #2,191 |
| 1977 | 56 | #1,801 |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,936 |
| 1975 | 52 | #1,780 |
| 1974 | 41 | #2,029 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,647 |
| 1972 | 56 | #1,607 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,937 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,828 |
| 1969 | 51 | #1,685 |
| 1968 | 56 | #1,519 |
| 1967 | 28 | #2,272 |
| 1966 | 34 | #1,982 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,950 |
| 1964 | 41 | #1,835 |
| 1963 | 46 | #1,682 |
| 1962 | 38 | #1,857 |
| 1961 | 52 | #1,567 |
| 1960 | 61 | #1,404 |
| 1959 | 56 | #1,434 |
| 1958 | 31 | #1,984 |
| 1957 | 23 | #2,346 |
| 1956 | 42 | #1,636 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,838 |
| 1954 | 17 | #2,694 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,594 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,805 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,234 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
Nicknames for Melany
Names like Melany
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa Layla Poppy Alani Kehlani Athena Kalani Milani Felicity Melody Ivy Mia
Other spellings of Melany
Names related to Melany
More Greek names
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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, “Melany: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melany, updated 20 October 2026.