Meaning and history
Mélanie is the French form of the Latin name Melania, from Greek μέλαινα (melaina) meaning “black” or “dark.” It was the name of a 5th-century Roman saint who gave her wealth to charity, as did her grandmother, who was also a saint of the same name. The name was common in medieval France and was later introduced into England, where it became rare, but interest revived after the character Melanie Wilkes in Gone with the Wind (1936) and its 1939 film adaptation.
20062006: 4,034 births, rank #85
2007: 4,000 births, rank #81
2008: 3,714 births, rank #85
2009: 3,487 births, rank #94
2010: 3,486 births, rank #82
20112011: 3,289 births, rank #89
2012: 3,467 births, rank #77
2013: 3,474 births, rank #84
2014: 3,701 births, rank #81
2015: 3,497 births, rank #81
20162016: 3,490 births, rank #82
2017: 3,240 births, rank #90
2018: 2,850 births, rank #105
2019: 2,592 births, rank #110
2020: 2,528 births, rank #105
20212021: 2,188 births, rank #129
2022: 2,173 births, rank #130
2023: 2,121 births, rank #130
2024: 2,253 births, rank #122
20252025: 2,074 births, rank #142
Melanie moved from #122 to #142 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1972, with 6,296 births.