Melodi
- #3,067 for girls in 2025, 53 births
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 34 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,072since 1946
Melodi over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Melodi has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,067 | 53 |
| 2024 | #3,013 | 54 |
| 2023 | #2,936 | 57 |
| 2022 | #2,956 | 56 |
| 2021 | #2,608 | 66 |
| 2020 | #2,748 | 60 |
| 2019 | #2,891 | 57 |
| 2018 | #3,346 | 47 |
| 2017 | #3,552 | 43 |
| 2016 | #4,734 | 29 |
| 2015 | #3,767 | 40 |
| 2014 | #3,585 | 43 |
| 2013 | #3,918 | 38 |
| 2012 | #3,988 | 38 |
| 2011 | #4,568 | 31 |
| 2010 | #3,816 | 40 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 |
| 2006 | #5,545 | 24 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 |
| 1984 | #3,233 | 26 |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 |
| 1982 | #2,959 | 30 |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 |
| 1978 | #2,516 | 34 |
| 1977 | #2,557 | 33 |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 |
| 1972 | #2,820 | 24 |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 |
| 1969 | #2,396 | 29 |
| 1968 | #2,126 | 32 |
| 1967 | #2,376 | 26 |
| 1966 | #1,982 | 34 |
| 1965 | #2,538 | 23 |
| 1964 | #2,530 | 24 |
| 1963 | #2,364 | 26 |
| 1962 | #1,889 | 37 |
| 1961 | #2,299 | 27 |
| 1960 | #1,953 | 34 |
| 1959 | #1,852 | 36 |
| 1958 | #1,939 | 32 |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 |
| 1956 | #1,835 | 34 |
| 1955 | #2,553 | 19 |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 |
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First appearance
1946
The first year at least five girls were named Melodi! It came in at #3,430, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1947–1948, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Melodi is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Georgia#1,213 · 1 in 6,458
- Texas#2,636 · 1 in 22,935
Best ever in a state: #732 in Louisiana, 2019.
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| Georgia | #1,213 | 7 | 1 in 6,458 |
| Texas | #2,636 | 7 | 1 in 22,935 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 54 spots since 2024 (#3,013 → #3,067)
- 319 spots since 2020 (#2,748 → #3,067)
- 700 spots since 2015 (#3,767 → #3,067)
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1956 at #1,835 (34 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 27 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 24,862
- Highest: 1 in 24,862 girls born in 2021 were named Melodi (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 30,326 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,835 in 1956, was only 1 in 59,050 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 19.6% of all girls named Melodi (406) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1940s | 31 | #3,393 (1949) | #4,103 |
| 1950s | 207 | #1,835 (1956) | #2,802 |
| 1960s | 292 | #1,889 (1962) | #2,245 |
| 1970s | 252 | #2,516 (1978) | #2,952 |
| 1980s | 196 | #2,959 (1982) | #4,292 |
| 1990s | 159 | #4,523 (1990) | #5,971 |
| 2000s | 183 | #5,545 (2006) | #6,692 |
| 2010s | 406 | #2,891 (2019) | #3,817 |
| 2020s | 346 | #2,608 (2021) | #2,888 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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