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“Variant of Melanie — Dark or black, from Greek melas” — Greek (via Melanie) origin
Girl's name · #1056 in the US (2025) · 2020s
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. 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.
Around the world: about 1 in 11,000 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 12,000 girls in Austria (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 22 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 30 notable people named Melani:
Sports figures appear 2.38× more often than among typical names — e.g. Melani Costa, Spanish swimmer.
Similar names: Melany · Symphony · Melina · Delani · Dafne · Eleni
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