Melania
- Pronunciation
- [Me-la-ni-a]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Not recorded
- Origin
- English
Melania is a name traditionally given to a girl of English origin. Our sources do not preserve a single agreed-upon literal translation for this particular name, so we list its meaning as unrecorded rather than guess at one. Browse more English baby names or search the full library by meaning.
Melania Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 3,372 baby girls have been named Melania. The name peaked in 2017 with 283 US births that year (rank #934). In 2024, ranked #1609 nationally — 675 places below its 2017 peak.
Top States for Melania
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Melania births are: California (432), New York (327), Florida (244).
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7-Letter Names Starting with M
Names with Melania's exact length and starting letter: Maarouf, Mabbina, Mabelle, Macaire, Macario.
Quick Facts About Melania
US Popularity History (2017–2017)
Annual US births named Melania by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2017 with 283 girls named Melania (girl rank #934 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Melania Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Melania the strongest states are New Jersey, Illinois, Florida.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | #648 | 80 |
| 2 | Illinois | #722 | 104 |
| 3 | Florida | #760 | 135 |
| 4 | New York | #794 | 170 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | #838 | 36 |
| 6 | Tennessee | #901 | 23 |
| 7 | Michigan | #939 | 33 |
| 8 | California | #954 | 160 |
| 9 | Ohio | #1,174 | 25 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio | #1,174 | 25 |
| 2 | California | #954 | 160 |
| 3 | Michigan | #939 | 33 |
| 4 | Tennessee | #901 | 23 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | #838 | 36 |
| 6 | New York | #794 | 170 |
| 7 | Florida | #760 | 135 |
| 8 | Illinois | #722 | 104 |
| 9 | New Jersey | #648 | 80 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Melania in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mel | Meaning Uncertain But Possibly Friend Of Michael. | Male | English |
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Compare Melania to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Melania against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).