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In the United States 0 20 40 60 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2010 per 100,000 babies of that sex 14,545 babies given this name since 1942 At its height in 2010, about 1 in 2,300 girls 446 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Melanie Girl From Greek melaina 'black, dark'. Early Medieval · peak 1973 Melinda Girl In Hungary the name comes from the heroine of József Katona's drama Bánk bán (written 1815); its earlier origin is… Victorian · peak 1973 Milan Boy From Slavic mil 'dear, gracious'. Revolutions · peak 2020 Milena Girl From Slavic mil 'dear, gracious' with the feminine ending -ena. Victorian · peak 2019 Melania Girl Greek melaina, 'black, dark'. Early Medieval · peak 2017 Malin Girl A Swedish pet form of Magdalena, from Hebrew 'woman of Magdala', a town whose name means 'tower'. Renaissance Millán Boy From Latin Aemilianus, from the Roman family name Aemilius, of uncertain meaning. Early Medieval · forgotten Maialen Girl Basque form of Magdalene, from Mary of Magdala, a town whose name means 'tower'. Modern Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.