Feminine dossier · first seen 1947

Melaney

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2007

Peak era

2007

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1947Peak 20072024

Peak year

2007

Decline from peak

71.1%

2024

All-time

1,259

Melaney 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 2007, when 38 girls were named Melaney.

In 2024, only 11 girls were given the name.

Down 71.1% from its peak.

All told, about 1,259 Americans have been named Melaney and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1947.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2007

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