Melody
#79 for girls in 2025, 3,095 births · Last seen for boys in 2018 at #10,760
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 3,095 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 114,914since 1914
Melody over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #79 | 3,095 | — | |
| 2024 | #91 | 2,783 | — | |
| 2023 | #103 | 2,572 | — | |
| 2022 | #109 | 2,573 | — | |
| 2021 | #113 | 2,466 | — | |
| 2020 | #106 | 2,524 | — | |
| 2019 | #118 | 2,466 | — | |
| 2018 | #135 | 2,155 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #144 | 2,072 | — | |
| 2016 | #144 | 2,148 | — | |
| 2015 | #148 | 2,178 | — | |
| 2014 | #157 | 2,065 | — | |
| 2013 | #172 | 1,867 | — | |
| 2012 | #172 | 1,791 | — | |
| 2011 | #201 | 1,562 | — | |
| 2010 | #197 | 1,575 | — | |
| 2009 | #226 | 1,452 | — | |
| 2008 | #280 | 1,220 | — | |
| 2007 | #295 | 1,143 | — | |
| 2006 | #299 | 1,107 | — | |
| 2005 | #310 | 1,040 | — | |
| 2004 | #311 | 1,018 | — | |
| 2003 | #303 | 1,023 | — | |
| 2002 | #297 | 1,045 | — | |
| 2001 | #290 | 1,080 | — | |
| 2000 | #398 | 720 | — | |
| 1999 | #436 | 627 | — | |
| 1998 | #390 | 708 | — | |
| 1997 | #370 | 736 | — | |
| 1996 | #399 | 664 | — | |
| 1995 | #369 | 708 | — | |
| 1994 | #358 | 730 | — | |
| 1993 | #352 | 731 | — | |
| 1992 | #308 | 906 | — | |
| 1991 | #318 | 850 | — | |
| 1990 | #315 | 867 | — | |
| 1989 | #296 | 881 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #283 | 884 | — | |
| 1987 | #270 | 906 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #269 | 935 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #259 | 967 | — | |
| 1984 | #234 | 1,088 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #225 | 1,107 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #229 | 1,115 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #223 | 1,175 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #199 | 1,317 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #197 | 1,365 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #195 | 1,330 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #196 | 1,371 | — | |
| 1976 | #199 | 1,215 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #206 | 1,198 | — | |
| 1974 | #211 | 1,198 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #224 | 1,124 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #242 | 1,122 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #244 | 1,203 | — | |
| 1970 | #262 | 1,176 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #239 | 1,245 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #230 | 1,282 | — | |
| 1967 | #204 | 1,528 | — | |
| 1966 | #192 | 1,707 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #198 | 1,664 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #192 | 1,897 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #182 | 2,093 | — | |
| 1962 | #185 | 2,026 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #172 | 2,272 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #153 | 2,755 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #185 | 1,953 | — | |
| 1958 | #194 | 1,743 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #182 | 1,989 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #155 | 2,389 | — | |
| 1955 | #186 | 1,801 | — | |
| 1954 | #199 | 1,546 | — | |
| 1953 | #222 | 1,296 | — | |
| 1952 | #232 | 1,131 | — | |
| 1951 | #260 | 887 | — | |
| 1950 | #273 | 791 | — | |
| 1949 | #282 | 740 | — | |
| 1948 | #281 | 739 | — | |
| 1947 | #279 | 759 | — | |
| 1946 | #322 | 538 | — | |
| 1945 | #405 | 307 | — | |
| 1944 | #511 | 200 | — | |
| 1943 | #537 | 195 | — | |
| 1942 | #522 | 202 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,020 | 51 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,518 | 26 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,638 | 22 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,382 | 29 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,845 | 18 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,003 | 16 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,023 | 17 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | — | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
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| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | — | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | — | |
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| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | — | |
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| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Melody! It came in at #2,876, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1923, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Melody is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Tennessee#123 · 1 in 593
- Oregon#129 · 1 in 622
- Oklahoma#134 · 1 in 638
- Wyoming#140 · 1 in 572
- Arkansas#144 · 1 in 648
Best ever in a state: #44 in New Mexico, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #123 | 48 | 1 in 593 |
| Oregon | #129 | 27 | 1 in 622 |
| Oklahoma | #134 | 29 | 1 in 638 |
| Wyoming | #140 | 5 | 1 in 572 |
| Arkansas | #144 | 20 | 1 in 648 |
| Mississippi | #146 | 24 | 1 in 649 |
| North Carolina | #149 | 47 | 1 in 699 |
| Florida | #150 | 62 | 1 in 756 |
| Kentucky | #157 | 31 | 1 in 790 |
| Maine | #158 | 8 | 1 in 762 |
| South Carolina | #158 | 25 | 1 in 690 |
| Virginia | #162 | 37 | 1 in 789 |
| New Mexico | #163 | 13 | 1 in 667 |
| Georgia | #170 | 40 | 1 in 840 |
| Missouri | #172 | 36 | 1 in 897 |
| Alabama | #173 | 28 | 1 in 818 |
| Texas | #173 | 129 | 1 in 861 |
| Hawaii | #174 | 8 | 1 in 595 |
| District of Columbia | #183 | 8 | 1 in 695 |
| Louisiana | #191 | 30 | 1 in 975 |
| Michigan | #193 | 54 | 1 in 1,103 |
| Washington | #194 | 25 | 1 in 1,013 |
| Colorado | #195 | 19 | 1 in 982 |
| Indiana | #204 | 30 | 1 in 1,208 |
| Arizona | #205 | 19 | 1 in 940 |
| California | #207 | 158 | 1 in 1,034 |
| Maryland | #211 | 17 | 1 in 1,145 |
| Kansas | #213 | 13 | 1 in 1,106 |
| West Virginia | #213 | 11 | 1 in 1,107 |
| Ohio | #216 | 56 | 1 in 1,287 |
| Iowa | #226 | 15 | 1 in 1,313 |
| Illinois | #239 | 54 | 1 in 1,383 |
| Massachusetts | #240 | 20 | 1 in 1,533 |
| Utah | #242 | 12 | 1 in 1,339 |
| Connecticut | #247 | 10 | 1 in 1,470 |
| New Jersey | #249 | 26 | 1 in 1,430 |
| Pennsylvania | #256 | 43 | 1 in 1,591 |
| New York | #257 | 68 | 1 in 1,455 |
| Wisconsin | #310 | 13 | 1 in 2,353 |
| Nebraska | #311 | 5 | 1 in 2,061 |
| Minnesota | #325 | 11 | 1 in 2,525 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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 Melody
- 12 spots since 2024 (#91 → #79)
- 27 spots since 2020 (#106 → #79)
- 69 spots since 2015 (#148 → #79)
- Biggest jump: 498 spots in 1942 (#1,020 → #522)
- Biggest drop: 46 spots in 1999 (#390 → #436)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 2025 at #79 (3,095 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · run 2024–2025
- Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1942–2025
- Highest: 1 in 519 girls born in 2025 were named Melody (0.19%)
- 17.3% of all girls named Melody (19,879) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 | #2,876 (1914) | #2,876 |
| 1920s | 42 | #2,921 (1929) | #4,100 |
| 1930s | 169 | #1,382 (1938) | #2,046 |
| 1940s | 3,757 | #279 (1947) | #568 |
| 1950s | 15,526 | #155 (1956) | #209 |
| 1960s | 18,469 | #153 (1960) | #195 |
| 1970s | 12,302 | #195 (1978) | #218 |
| 1980s | 10,375 | #199 (1980) | #249 |
| 1990s | 7,527 | #308 (1992) | #362 |
| 2000s | 10,848 | #226 (2009) | #301 |
| 2010s | 19,879 | #118 (2019) | #159 |
| 2020s | 16,013 | #79 (2025) | #100 |
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.
Melody in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 1,176 of them was named Melody, which outranked 98.4% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 344,307 of them was named Melody, which outranked 14.4% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,015 names at #6,056; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.