Melaney

Girl · recorded 1947–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1972best year

Most popular in 1972.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Melaney.

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Its story

Popularity since 1947

0122319471966198620052024

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 74 recorded years as a table
Melaney, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19474
19495
19524
19543
19558
19563
19578
19589
19597
19605
19616
19628
196310
19648
19657
19668
19675
196814
19697
197011
197112
197223
197312
197410
197519
197614
19777
197813
197912
198010
198113
198211
198311
19848
19857
19869
19876
19888
198914
19908
199114
199211
199310
199411
199510
199611
19978
19987
19999
200010
200112
200211
200313
200413
200519
200612
200720
200816
200917
201016
201112
201215
20138
20147
20159
20167
20176
20187
20197
20203
20215
20224
20235
20247

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Melaney isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
11
Rank in 2024
#8,946
How rare
1 in 147,290 girls
Since 1947
1,259

Melaney was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1972, at 23 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Melaney doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.