Melony
- #6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births
- Peak · girls
- 1966 · 107 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,459since 1945
Melony over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Melony has never cracked the top 900 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,838 | 16 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 |
| 2021 | #5,091 | 25 |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 |
| 2019 | #4,072 | 35 |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 |
| 2017 | #5,517 | 23 |
| 2016 | #4,734 | 29 |
| 2015 | #3,842 | 39 |
| 2014 | #3,778 | 40 |
| 2013 | #3,076 | 53 |
| 2012 | #3,267 | 50 |
| 2011 | #3,407 | 47 |
| 2010 | #2,562 | 71 |
| 2009 | #2,852 | 61 |
| 2008 | #2,831 | 63 |
| 2007 | #2,541 | 73 |
| 2006 | #3,090 | 54 |
| 2005 | #2,969 | 54 |
| 2004 | #3,033 | 51 |
| 2003 | #3,187 | 46 |
| 2002 | #3,103 | 46 |
| 2001 | #3,549 | 37 |
| 2000 | #3,169 | 43 |
| 1999 | #3,374 | 37 |
| 1998 | #3,648 | 32 |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 |
| 1996 | #2,966 | 40 |
| 1995 | #3,878 | 27 |
| 1994 | #3,615 | 30 |
| 1993 | #2,882 | 41 |
| 1992 | #2,650 | 46 |
| 1991 | #2,519 | 49 |
| 1990 | #2,101 | 62 |
| 1989 | #1,943 | 66 |
| 1988 | #2,274 | 49 |
| 1987 | #2,434 | 42 |
| 1986 | #1,890 | 59 |
| 1985 | #1,809 | 62 |
| 1984 | #1,633 | 67 |
| 1983 | #1,552 | 72 |
| 1982 | #1,599 | 73 |
| 1981 | #1,362 | 91 |
| 1980 | #1,433 | 85 |
| 1979 | #1,210 | 107 |
| 1978 | #1,265 | 97 |
| 1977 | #1,206 | 101 |
| 1976 | #1,167 | 98 |
| 1975 | #1,162 | 99 |
| 1974 | #1,033 | 116 |
| 1973 | #1,058 | 109 |
| 1972 | #1,155 | 94 |
| 1971 | #1,084 | 111 |
| 1970 | #1,093 | 108 |
| 1969 | #1,124 | 97 |
| 1968 | #1,022 | 103 |
| 1967 | #1,103 | 89 |
| 1966 | #988 | 107 |
| 1965 | #1,274 | 71 |
| 1964 | #1,042 | 108 |
| 1963 | #997 | 114 |
| 1962 | #1,114 | 95 |
| 1961 | #1,136 | 93 |
| 1960 | #1,192 | 83 |
| 1959 | #1,383 | 60 |
| 1958 | #1,527 | 49 |
| 1957 | #1,474 | 52 |
| 1956 | #1,339 | 60 |
| 1955 | #1,261 | 64 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 |
| 1953 | #2,516 | 18 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 |
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| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
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| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
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First appearance
1945
The first year at least five girls were named Melony! It came in at #4,025, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1946–1948, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Melony is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Melony in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 85 spots since 2020 (#6,923 → #6,838)
- 2,996 spots since 2015 (#3,842 → #6,838)
- Biggest jump: 286 spots in 1966
- Biggest drop: 115 spots in 1967
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 1966 at #988 (107 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1963–1966
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,651
- Highest: 1 in 12,651 girls born in 1974 were named Melony (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,454 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #988 in 1966, was only 1 in 15,815 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 23.3% of all girls named Melony (1,040) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 20 | #3,612 (1949) | #4,311 |
| 1950s | 352 | #1,261 (1955) | #2,369 |
| 1960s | 960 | #988 (1966) | #1,099 |
| 1970s | 1,040 | #1,033 (1974) | #1,143 |
| 1980s | 666 | #1,362 (1981) | #1,793 |
| 1990s | 386 | #2,101 (1990) | #3,229 |
| 2000s | 528 | #2,541 (2007) | #3,032 |
| 2010s | 402 | #2,562 (2010) | #4,166 |
| 2020s | 105 | #5,091 (2021) | #6,632 |
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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