Melanin Popularity by Year
Follow Melanin across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Melanin birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 5 | #14,942 | Down 3,820 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 8 | #11,122 | Up 1,075 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 7 | #12,197 | Down 966 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 8 | #11,231 | Down 3,981 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 15 | #7,250 | Up 1,703 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 11 | #8,953 | Up 159 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 11 | #9,112 | Up 4,681 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 6 | #13,793 | Down 3,104 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 9 | #10,689 | Up 5,526 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 5 | #16,215 | — |