Mellanie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEL-a-nee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Mellanie is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “black, dark”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Mellanie 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 Mellanie a girl's or a boy's name?
Mellanie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mellanie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Mellanie, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1942.
Half of all the girls named Mellanie in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,155 girls in the US were given Mellanie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #99, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
Mellanie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 31 | #4,216 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,667 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 20 | #3,266 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,110 |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,101 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,874 |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,963 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,399 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,243 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,863 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,032 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 18 | #2,903 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,826 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,838 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
Nicknames for Mellanie
Names like Mellanie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mackenzie, Melissa, Melina, Stephanie, Stevie, Selene, Nicole, Alexis, Natalie, Selena, Melody, Zoe
Other spellings of Mellanie
Names related to Mellanie
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, 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, “Mellanie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mellanie, updated 20 October 2026.