Melodye
Last seen for girls in 1984 at #7,398
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 90 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 816since 1943
Melodye over time
Rank among girls' names. Melodye has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
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| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
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| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 |
| 1972 | #3,177 | 20 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 |
| 1964 | #1,836 | 41 |
| 1963 | #2,960 | 18 |
| 1962 | #2,163 | 30 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 |
| 1960 | #2,573 | 22 |
| 1959 | #1,985 | 32 |
| 1958 | #2,449 | 22 |
| 1957 | #1,681 | 41 |
| 1956 | #1,194 | 76 |
| 1955 | #1,303 | 60 |
| 1954 | #1,033 | 90 |
| 1953 | #1,973 | 27 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 |
| 1947 | #1,897 | 26 |
| 1946 | #1,723 | 27 |
| 1945 | #1,356 | 35 |
| 1944 | #1,486 | 30 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Melodye! It came in at #4,691, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1980, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Melodye is popular in 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#453 · 1 in 5,744
- Indiana#600 · 1 in 9,646
- Ohio#768 · 1 in 17,000
- Pennsylvania#870 · 1 in 22,554
- Illinois#927 · 1 in 20,154
Best ever in a state: #453 in Maryland, 1955.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Maryland | #453 | 5 | 1 in 5,744 |
| Indiana | #600 | 5 | 1 in 9,646 |
| Ohio | #768 | 6 | 1 in 17,000 |
| Pennsylvania | #870 | 5 | 1 in 22,554 |
| Illinois | #927 | 5 | 1 in 20,154 |
| Texas | #1,205 | 5 | 1 in 22,381 |
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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 Melodye
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1984
- Debuted 1943
- Peaked 1954 at #1,033 (90 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 21,577 girls born in 1954 were named Melodye (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 210,477 girls born in 1984 (0.00%)
- 47.2% of all girls named Melodye (385) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1940s | 142 | #1,356 (1945) | #2,665 |
| 1950s | 385 | #1,033 (1954) | #2,119 |
| 1960s | 172 | #1,836 (1964) | #3,595 |
| 1970s | 102 | #3,177 (1972) | #6,365 |
| 1980s | 15 | #7,398 (1984) | #7,763 |
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.
Melodye in 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
More about 1955
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1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 32,588 of them was named Melodye, which outranked 80.6% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,292Marilou61
- #1,292Randee61
- #1,292Sammie61
- #1,303Melodye60
- #1,303Karleen60
- #1,303Karolyn60
- #1,303Marquita60
- #1,309Awilda59
- #1,309Carrol59
- #1,309Darcel59
Tied with 5 names at #1,303; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.