Melaine
Melaine is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 198083 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1925
- 2,398people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,398 girls have been named Melaine in the United States since 1925, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 83 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 83 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1970s alone account for 26%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Melaine | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 10 | |
| 1940s | 46 | |
| 1950s | 171 | |
| 1960s | 345 | |
| 1970s | 634 | |
| 1980s | 626 | |
| 1990s | 297 | |
| 2000s | 149 | |
| 2010s | 108 | |
| 2020s | 12 |
In 1980, its biggest year
Melaine was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1980 were Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. See all of 1980.
Names that rose and fell with Melaine
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hollypeak 1983
- Jenipeak 1982
- Danellepeak 1974
- Hollipeak 1983
- Stepheniepeak 1974
- Rachellepeak 1971
- Jennipeak 1972
- Christalpeak 1978
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.