Feminine dossier · first seen 1925

Melaine

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Melaine
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1980

Peak era

1980

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Gen X

1925Peak 19802024

Peak year

1980

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

2,398

Melaine is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1980, when 83 girls were named Melaine.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 2,398 Americans have been named Melaine and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1925.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1980

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