female NAME · CURRENTLY #16465
Melanin
MEL-uh-nin
“The dark pigment responsible for much of the color of skin, hair, and eyes; from Greek melas, “black” or “dark.””
A modern word-based name referencing the natural pigment melanin.
SSA POPULARITY HISTORY
How Melanin has traveled through time
112020
52025
LATEST YEAR20255 births
PEAK RANK#7525in 2021
CURRENT USAGE100% F0% M
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.