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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rising

MelanieIn Hebrew: מלאני · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Melanie (Hebrew: מלאני) is a girl's name of international origin. 473 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 15 girls and ranked #571. Its peak year was 2023, with 23 babies.

People in Israel
473
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
15
rank #571
Peak year
2023
23 babies
USA, 2025
2,074
rank #142

Writing and saying Melanie

In Hebrew letters the name is מלאני, read right to left. Melanie is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Melanie by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Melanie: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Melanie in English-speaking countries

Melanie in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20252,074#1421972 (6,296)
United Kingdom202544#8651999 (193)
England and Wales202541#8631996 (166)
Scotland20253#7801976 (135)
Ireland20253#8501975 (52)
British Columbia20235#5901974 (144)
Alberta20257#6261980 (132)
Quebec20257#5901980 (1,788)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Melanie has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Melanie

How do you write Melanie in Hebrew?

Melanie is written מלאני in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Melanie?

473 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מלאני: 473 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Melanie a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named מלאני are women.

Is Melanie used outside Israel?

The name Melanie appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 2,074 girls were given it in 2025 (#142), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 44 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.