Melanie Name Popularity

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How popular is Melanie?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Melanie, ranked the 105th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 250 most popular, Melanie has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #42 in 1972 with 6,294 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Melanie was less than 5, most recently in 1902.

Melanie, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1934-1942, 1945-1955, 1957-1962, 1967-1972, 1997-2002, and 2003-2006, whereas 1920-1923, 1927-1930, and 1982-1987 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Melanie has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Melanie's popularity has remained mostly unchanged for some time. however, the number of children named Melanie lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Melanie?

Melanie's popularity is at a mid point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Melanie is favored by many parents but has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

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		Melanie (Girl)		Melanie (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		2,841	105	< 5	--
2017		3,232	90	5	13,540
2016		3,482	82	< 5	--
2015		3,493	81	< 5	--
2014		3,696	81	7	10,339
2013		3,470	84	< 5	--
2012		3,465	77	< 5	--
2011		3,286	89	5	13,632
2010		3,485	82	< 5	--
2009		3,485	93	< 5	--
2008		3,713	85	8	9,559
2007		3,999	81	15	5,823
2006		4,034	85	9	8,506
2005		3,495	92	11	6,945
2004		3,580	89	16	5,168
2003		3,547	93	8	8,347
2002		3,484	94	7	9,070
2001		2,912	117	7	8,913
2000		2,967	114	13	5,485
1999		2,649	126	8	7,624
1998		2,460	135	< 5	--
1997		2,522	127	9	6,432
1996		2,664	119	8	6,906
1995		2,645	117	10	5,770
1994		2,679	120	6	8,426
1993		2,988	110	9	6,066
1992		3,352	98	13	4,491
1991		3,580	96	10	5,373
1990		3,812	86	19	3,260
1989		3,629	88	21	2,960
1988		2,830	100	13	3,823
1987		2,746	101	8	5,275
1986		2,972	97	7	5,720
1985		3,132	88	18	2,786
1984		3,515	85	21	2,409
1983		3,551	79	18	2,636
1982		4,254	65	14	3,227
1981		4,474	66	12	3,539
1980		4,842	60	21	2,418
1979		5,021	53	24	2,136
1978		4,998	54	16	2,753
1977		5,372	53	17	2,624
1976		5,240	53	18	2,470
1975		5,368	52	14	2,857
1974		5,483	51	19	2,250
1973		6,079	43	19	2,182
1972		6,294	42	24	1,856
1971		5,137	66	11	3,091
1970		4,330	91	13	2,697
1969		3,926	92	5	4,800
1968		3,643	94	13	2,410
1967		3,109	110	< 5	--
1966		3,050	116	6	3,786
1965		3,116	122	9	2,915
1964		3,941	105	15	2,168
1963		4,269	101	9	2,985
1962		4,281	106	< 5	--
1961		3,756	123	6	3,922
1960		3,661	125	7	3,544
1959		2,827	149	< 5	--
1958		2,532	157	< 5	--
1957		2,472	152	6	3,831
1956		2,694	143	7	3,425
1955		2,657	141	< 5	--
1954		1,860	178	< 5	--
1953		1,423	210	< 5	--
1952		1,351	211	< 5	--
1951		1,006	244	< 5	--
1950		1,026	237	< 5	--
1949		1,199	217	< 5	--
1948		955	242	< 5	--
1947		520	350	< 5	--
1946		410	376	< 5	--
1945		335	386	< 5	--
1944		308	410	< 5	--
1943		407	354	< 5	--
1942		388	356	< 5	--
1941		308	392	< 5	--
1940		200	481	< 5	--
1939		57	933	< 5	--
1938		53	982	< 5	--
1937		39	1,155	< 5	--
1936		13	2,351	< 5	--
1935		9	3,087	< 5	--
1934		9	3,084	< 5	--
1933		17	1,950	< 5	--
1932		16	2,104	< 5	--
1931		17	2,004	< 5	--
1930		13	2,515	< 5	--
1929		17	2,073	< 5	--
1928		20	1,945	< 5	--
1927		27	1,609	< 5	--
1926		20	1,972	< 5	--
1925		15	2,456	< 5	--
1924		13	2,765	< 5	--
1923		12	2,859	< 5	--
1922		18	2,161	< 5	--
1921		16	2,346	< 5	--
1920		26	1,651	< 5	--
1919		17	2,129	< 5	--
1918		22	1,789	< 5	--
1917		15	2,282	< 5	--
1916		14	2,330	< 5	--
1915		20	1,718	< 5	--
1914		8	2,792	< 5	--
1913		12	1,849	< 5	--
1912		20	1,203	< 5	--
1911		9	1,741	< 5	--
1910		8	1,883	< 5	--
1909		10	1,439	< 5	--
1908		11	1,321	< 5	--
1907		12	1,192	< 5	--
1906		8	1,511	< 5	--
1905		7	1,647	< 5	--
1904		7	1,597	< 5	--
1903		5	1,979	< 5	--
1902		< 5	--	< 5	--
1901		6	1,606	< 5	--
1900		13	1,088	< 5	--
1899		9	1,159	< 5	--
1898		11	1,080	< 5	--
1897		7	1,345	< 5	--
1896		< 5	--	< 5	--
1895		7	1,385	< 5	--
1894		10	1,043	< 5	--
1893		5	1,580	< 5	--
1892		8	1,146	< 5	--
1891		6	1,293	< 5	--
1890		< 5	--	< 5	--
1889		7	1,094	< 5	--
1888		< 5	--	< 5	--
1887		6	1,111	< 5	--
1886		8	874	< 5	--
1885		< 5	--	< 5	--
1884		< 5	--	< 5	--
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		< 5	--	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.