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Girl's name · #1056 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Melani is near its high-water mark: it reached #990 in 2020 and still ranked #1056 in 2025. About 5,900 girls have carried it since 1947.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 22 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#227 in Mexico (2024) · #369 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,210 in Austria (2025) · #1,331 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,064 in Italy (2024) · #2,203 in Sweden (2025) · #5,927 in England & Wales (2025) · #6,153 in France (2024) · #674 in Poland (2023) · #247 in Slovenia (2018) · #868 in Ireland (2016) · #645 in Slovakia (2013) and 2 more.
Among 30 notable people named Melani:
Sports figures appear 2.38× more often than among typical names — e.g. Melani Costa, Spanish swimmer (born 1989).
Together with its spelling variants Melanie (#142) and Melany (#399), Melani would rank around #81 with about 3,100 births last year — the newborns split about 67/25/8 across Melanie, Melany, and Melani.
Similar names: Melany · Dafne · Melina · Delani · Symphony · Eleni
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