girl's name

Melane

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 350

Melane is a girl's name. In 2012 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2005, when 18 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1956.

Melane over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2012, not a full ten years.

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Births named Melane by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 6
1960s 43
1970s 22
1990s 26
2000s 97
2010s (to 2012) 16

How popular is Melane?

In 2012, Melane was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Melane is used

France as Mélane #5,946 5 in 2019
United States #16,918 5 in 2012

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Melane is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Mélane Mélane is a rare spelling of Melane, written with an acute accent and recorded about 30 times, mostly in France. 30

Names that peaked alongside Melane

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Melane also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Melane over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Melane

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Melane — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Melane

How popular is the name Melane?

In 2012, Melane was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Melane a girl's or a boy's name?

Melane is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Melane most popular?

Melane peaked in 2005, when 18 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.