Melanie
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning dark, black.
How Melanie has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #81 |
| 2016 | #82 |
| 2017 | #90 |
| 2018 | #105 |
| 2019 | #110 |
| 2020 | #105 |
| 2021 | #129 |
| 2022 | #130 |
| 2023 | #130 |
| 2024 | #122 |
| 2025 | #142 |
Melanie by the numbers
In 2025, 41 babies in England and Wales were named Melanie. In the US, 3,232 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 6,295 babies in 1972, making it a 1970s name.
At its height, in 1975, about 1 in 290 American girls born that year was called Melanie.
Names that come from Melanie
Forms of Melanie in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Melanie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Melaniadark, black283 in the US (2017)
- Melanidark or black; a variant of Melanie164 in the US (2017)
- Melanniedark, black; a form of Melanie44 in the US (2017)
- Meloniedark song; a form of Melanie24 in the US (2017)
- Mellaniedark or black; a spelling variant of Melanie13 in the US (2017)
- Milaniedark or black; a spelling variant of Melanie13 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Melanie
Names that are said the same way as Melanie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Melanydark, black; variant spelling of Melanie632 in the US (2017)
- Meilanibeautiful heavenly garland; combination of mei and lani292 in the US (2017)
- Melannydark, black; a modern respelling of Melanie51 in the US (2017)
- Mellanydark; a form of Melanie10 in the US (2017)
- Melanyedark-skinned; a spelling variant of melania7 in the US (2017)
- Meleniedark-skinned; a spelling variant of melania7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean darkness
Like Melanie, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
- Delaneydark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine1,270 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Kaliblack; fierce; Hindu goddess of time1,120 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Melanie
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