Melodie

#2,017 for girls in 2025, 94 births

Peak · girls
1956 · 409 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,502
since 1933

Melodie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Melodie has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #451, 1956girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,01794
2024#1,810111
2023#2,21085
2022#2,44574
2021#2,63865
2020#2,03491
2019#1,898105
2018#2,17986
2017#2,28381
2016#2,01798
2015#1,731121
2014#2,03896
2013#2,08392
2012#1,955100
2011#2,08892
2010#1,747119
2009#2,35982
2008#2,63070
2007#2,36880
2006#2,41977
2005#2,82758
2004#2,26477
2003#2,10683
2002#2,52762
2001#1,90191
2000#2,23670
1999#2,85447
1998#2,30761
1997#2,42354
1996#2,47651
1995#1,64090
1994#1,89075
1993#1,88275
1992#1,87675
1991#1,57597
1990#1,81379
1989#1,75077
1988#1,63679
1987#1,53183
1986#1,35196
1985#1,36196
1984#1,255102
1983#1,200107
1982#1,243105
1981#1,128122
1980#1,019142
1979#1,056131
1978#964144
1977#947146
1976#1,022122
1975#963129
1974#929134
1973#808162
1972#853152
1971#906145
1970#966131
1969#723193
1968#760171
1967#661210
1966#673208
1965#675212
1964#703217
1963#647243
1962#670232
1961#691228
1960#553312
1959#562302
1958#557307
1957#513343
1956#451409
1955#533299
1954#673191
1953#816128
1952#729148
1951#779129
1950#90996
1949#88998
1948#1,05769
1947#833111
1946#97074
1945#1,15546
1944#1,23641
1943#1,29140
1942#1,13748
1941#2,39713
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1934#4,2865
1933#4,2185
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First appearance
1933

The first year at least five girls were named Melodie! It came in at #4,218, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1933–1940, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Melodie is popular in 1954

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedNHWashington: #291 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,191 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #655 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 11,076 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #655 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,523 girlsMINew York: #728 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 13,367 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedRIOregon: #277 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,007 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedSDIowa: #347 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,968 girlsIAIndiana: #608 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,766 girlsINOhio: #536 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,497 girlsOHPennsylvania: #679 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 14,127 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #521 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 5,978 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #390 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,341 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #644 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,329 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedALGeorgia: #603 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,186 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedHITexas: #823 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 11,202 girlsTXFlorida: #534 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,275 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#277 · 1 in 2,007
  2. Washington#291 · 1 in 2,191
  3. Iowa#347 · 1 in 3,968
  4. Missouri#390 · 1 in 4,341
  5. California#521 · 1 in 5,978

Best ever in a state: #205 in North Dakota, 1956.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#27781 in 2,007
Washington#291131 in 2,191
Iowa#34771 in 3,968
Missouri#390101 in 4,341
California#521241 in 5,978
Florida#53461 in 6,275
Ohio#536121 in 8,497
Georgia#60351 in 9,186
Indiana#60851 in 9,766
North Carolina#64451 in 10,329
Illinois#65591 in 11,076
Michigan#65571 in 12,523
Pennsylvania#67981 in 14,127
New York#728121 in 13,367
Texas#823101 in 11,202
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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.

See more about Melodie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 207 spots since 2024 (#1,810 → #2,017)
  • 17 spots since 2020 (#2,034 → #2,017)
  • 286 spots since 2015 (#1,731 → #2,017)
  • Biggest jump: 185 spots in 1946 (#1,155 → #970)
  • Biggest drop: 243 spots in 1970 (#723 → #966)
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1933
  • Peaked 1956 at #451 (409 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1949–1975
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,909
  • Highest: 1 in 4,909 girls born in 1956 were named Melodie (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 17,099 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 22.4% of all girls named Melodie (2,352) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s15#4,218 (1933)#4,282
1940s540#833 (1947)#1,218
1950s2,352#451 (1956)#652
1960s2,226#553 (1960)#676
1970s1,396#808 (1973)#941
1980s1,009#1,019 (1980)#1,347
1990s704#1,575 (1991)#2,074
2000s750#1,901 (2001)#2,364
2010s990#1,731 (2015)#2,002
2020s520#1,810 (2024)#2,192

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.

Melodie in 1954

girls
#673
191 births · 1 in 10,167 girls

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #673Melodie191
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 10,167 of them was named Melodie, which outranked 89.8% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Melodie
  1. #668Tammy193
  2. #671Angelia192
  3. #671Robert192
  4. #673Melodie191
  5. #673Kristie191
  6. #673Tommie191
  7. #676May190
  8. #677Addie189
  9. #677Celestine189

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,699Sherree#2,699 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,434Sabrina#2,236 → #802
  3. ↑ 932Valinda#1,738 → #806
  4. ↑ 748Sheree#1,071 → #323
  5. ↑ 421Sherie#1,248 → #827
Fallers
  1. ↓ 396Enola#948 → #1,344
  2. ↓ 311Ila#782 → #1,093
  3. ↓ 302Nancie#816 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 282Arline#904 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 269Candyce#944 → #1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1954 →