Melani

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Melani: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Melani: Recorded since 2009, it reached #868 in 2016, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#868highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2012–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2012	#5876
2013	#4739
2014	#4003
2015	#5730
2016	#3214
2017	#2201
2018	#2674
2019	#2869
2020	#3447
2021	#5581
2022	#3970
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 12 of the 13 years from 2012 to 2024.

In 2016: #868 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3214 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2009–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2009
First recorded at #893 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2009 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2009–2016
Highest recorded position: #868 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2016 (recorded 2009–2016).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Melani appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 12 ranked years and 70 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 2009.

Melani across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Melani's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#5876 (2012)	#2201 (2017)	#4192 (2024)	12 of 13	70 (2012–2024)	12 (2017)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#893 (2009)	#868 (2016)	#868 (2016)	2 of 8	6 (2009–2016)	3 (2009)

Melani appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #868 in Republic of Ireland in 2016.

Melani's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2009 and 2024, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #868, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2012, and 3 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Mel · #129, 39y
Mela · #2488, 13y
Melania · #391, 18y
Melanie · #8, 61y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Dominyka · #868, 11y
Kiaya · #868, 18y
Meta · #868, 10y
Molly-Mai · #868, 10y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Dominyka · #868, 11y
Meta · #868, 10y
Molly-Mai · #868, 10y
Alfie-Jay · #866, 21y

Melani was ranked #868 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2016. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Melani and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Melani without appearing here.

Melani moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5730 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3214 and #5785.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5730 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3214 and #5785.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #5493.
Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5581 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #5669.

Moved ahead of Melani

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #1939.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #1436.
Noah Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #2499.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #868 in Republic of Ireland in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Melani

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Popularity journey

Melani across 2 official records

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Melani across 2 official records

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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