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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #451, 1956girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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 1964

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #672 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 8,925 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #710 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 11,163 girlsMINew York: #990 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 17,855 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedORNevada: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedIAIndiana: #368 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,123 girlsINOhio: #438 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 4,476 girlsOHPennsylvania: #793 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 14,288 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #996 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 14,323 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: #568 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,587 girlsMOKentucky: #538 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,960 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedWVVirginia: #563 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,640 girlsVAMaryland: #425 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,758 girlsMDDelaware: 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: #417 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,435 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedARTennessee: #484 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,976 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #511 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,124 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: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Melodie, so not publishedHITexas: #753 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 7,449 girlsTXFlorida: #410 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,001 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Indiana#368 · 1 in 3,123
  2. Florida#410 · 1 in 3,001
  3. Kansas#417 · 1 in 3,435
  4. Maryland#425 · 1 in 3,758
  5. Ohio#438 · 1 in 4,476

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Indiana#368151 in 3,123
Florida#410161 in 3,001
Kansas#41751 in 3,435
Maryland#42581 in 3,758
Ohio#438211 in 4,476
Tennessee#48471 in 4,976
North Carolina#51191 in 5,124
Kentucky#53851 in 5,960
Virginia#56361 in 6,640
Missouri#56861 in 6,587
Illinois#672111 in 8,925
Michigan#71071 in 11,163
Texas#753141 in 7,449
Pennsylvania#79371 in 14,288
New York#99091 in 17,855
California#996121 in 14,323
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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 1964

girls
#703
217 births · 1 in 8,732 girls

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #703Melodie217
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 8,732 of them was named Melodie, which outranked 91.0% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Melodie
  1. #698Valencia219
  2. #701Graciela218
  3. #701Reba218
  4. #703Melodie217
  5. #703Abby217
  6. #703Kaye217
  7. #703Rebekah217
  8. #707Alana215
  9. #707Estella215
  10. #707Susanna215

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

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,987Anjanette#5,891 → #904
  2. ↑ 2,403Deneen#2,619 → #216
  3. ↑ 2,162Denine#3,066 → #904
  4. ↑ 1,303Daneen#2,211 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,137Kecia#1,754 → #617
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Leisha#993 → #1,334
  2. ↓ 320Cary#973 → #1,293
  3. ↓ 317Lisha#929 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 281Cecile#973 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 276Alexis#790 → #1,066

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

See the top 100 for 1964 →