Melany

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Melany: Recorded since 2004, it reached #871 in 2019, and it stood at #4,056 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#871highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#2802
2005	#3970
2009	#4564
2010	#4688
2013	#3536
2015	#4736
2016	#4096
2017	#3583
2018	#3985
2019	#4686
2020	#3117
2021	#3519
2022	#4645
2023	#4056

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 14 of the 20 years from 2004 to 2023.

In 2019: #871 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4686 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2004–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #2802 among girls in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4056 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Melany by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Melany in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	14	3 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	34	7 of 10	5
2020s	22	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Melany 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 2004 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #871 in Republic of Ireland in 2019.

Melany'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	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.

Where Melany is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Melany, between 2004 and 2023, in 14 of those 20 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
England and Wales	2004–2023	14	#2802 in 2004
Republic of Ireland	2019	1	#871 in 2019

Its high point came 15 years earlier in England and Wales (2004) than in Republic of Ireland (2019).

No registrar recorded it for 3 years after 2005; it appears again in 2009.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2004 and 2023, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #871, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2019, and 15 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,056position in 2023, its most recent recorded year
15 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 25 births →

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.

Melanie · #8, 61y
Melanija · #440, 10y
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Melek · #544, 29y

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.

Adia · #871, 18y
Aliana · #871, 19y
Anays · #871, 11y
Areen · #871, 19y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Adia · #871, 18y
Aliana · #871, 19y
Areen · #871, 19y
Ecaterina · #871, 16y

Melany was ranked #871 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2019. 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.

Abi#871
Adia#871
Adina#871
Aela#871

Melany 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Melany without appearing here.

Melany moved ahead of

Cheryl
In 2019 they stood at #4686 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.
Kristine
In 2019 they stood at #4686 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.
Helene
In 2016 they stood at #4736 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #5765.
Tyler
In 2020 they stood at #4686 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Melany

Eabha
In 2008 they stood at #2802 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2326.
Fiadh
In 2014 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #2705.
Cecilie
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #2504.
Marilyn
In 2008 they stood at #2802 and #3197 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #3031.

Moved the opposite way to Melany

Ada
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Melany went from #2802 to #4056 while Ada went from #1617 to #37.
Alma
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Melany went from #2802 to #4056 while Alma went from #1535 to #228.
Amelia
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Melany went from #2802 to #4056 while Amelia went from #18 to #2.
Arabella
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Melany went from #2802 to #4056 while Arabella went from #419 to #43.

Moved the same way as Melany

Abigail
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Melany went from #2802 to #4056 and Abigail from #19 to #134.
Aimee
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Melany went from #2802 to #4056 and Aimee from #47 to #1206.
Aisling
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Melany went from #2802 to #4056 and Aisling from #866 to #2504.
Alex
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Melany went from #2802 to #4056 and Alex from #199 to #2504.

What's not yet available

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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 2004 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #871 in Republic of Ireland in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Melany

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Popularity journey

Melany by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Melany at a glance

Melany by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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