Melony

#6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births

Peak · girls
1966 · 107 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,459
since 1945

Melony over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Melony has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #988, 1966girls
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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#6,83816
2024#7,25115
2023#6,40918
2022#7,28115
2021#5,09125
2020#6,92316
2019#4,07235
2018#7,40915
2017#5,51723
2016#4,73429
2015#3,84239
2014#3,77840
2013#3,07653
2012#3,26750
2011#3,40747
2010#2,56271
2009#2,85261
2008#2,83163
2007#2,54173
2006#3,09054
2005#2,96954
2004#3,03351
2003#3,18746
2002#3,10346
2001#3,54937
2000#3,16943
1999#3,37437
1998#3,64832
1997#4,66022
1996#2,96640
1995#3,87827
1994#3,61530
1993#2,88241
1992#2,65046
1991#2,51949
1990#2,10162
1989#1,94366
1988#2,27449
1987#2,43442
1986#1,89059
1985#1,80962
1984#1,63367
1983#1,55272
1982#1,59973
1981#1,36291
1980#1,43385
1979#1,210107
1978#1,26597
1977#1,206101
1976#1,16798
1975#1,16299
1974#1,033116
1973#1,058109
1972#1,15594
1971#1,084111
1970#1,093108
1969#1,12497
1968#1,022103
1967#1,10389
1966#988107
1965#1,27471
1964#1,042108
1963#997114
1962#1,11495
1961#1,13693
1960#1,19283
1959#1,38360
1958#1,52749
1957#1,47452
1956#1,33960
1955#1,26164
1954#2,59218
1953#2,51618
1952#2,58117
1951#3,7149
1950#5,3015
1949#3,6129
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1945#4,0256
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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 1964

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedINOhio: #782 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 13,427 girlsOHPennsylvania: #848 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,670 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,176 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 19,097 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedWVVirginia: #619 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,968 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedARTennessee: #579 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,966 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #511 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,124 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #716 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,262 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedALGeorgia: #650 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,312 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Melony, so not publishedHITexas: #1,178 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 17,380 girlsTXFlorida: #812 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,603 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#511 · 1 in 5,124
  2. Tennessee#579 · 1 in 6,966
  3. Virginia#619 · 1 in 7,968
  4. Georgia#650 · 1 in 7,312
  5. Louisiana#716 · 1 in 7,262

Best ever in a state: #370 in South Carolina, 1969.

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North Carolina#51191 in 5,124
Tennessee#57951 in 6,966
Virginia#61951 in 7,968
Georgia#65061 in 7,312
Louisiana#71651 in 7,262
Ohio#78271 in 13,427
Florida#81251 in 9,603
Pennsylvania#84861 in 16,670
California#1,17691 in 19,097
Texas#1,17861 in 17,380
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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 Melony
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 413 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #6,838)
  • 85 spots since 2020 (#6,923 → #6,838)
  • 2,996 spots since 2015 (#3,842 → #6,838)
  • Biggest jump: 286 spots in 1966 (#1,274 → #988)
  • Biggest drop: 115 spots in 1967 (#988 → #1,103)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s20#3,612 (1949)#4,311
1950s352#1,261 (1955)#2,369
1960s960#988 (1966)#1,099
1970s1,040#1,033 (1974)#1,143
1980s666#1,362 (1981)#1,793
1990s386#2,101 (1990)#3,229
2000s528#2,541 (2007)#3,032
2010s402#2,562 (2010)#4,166
2020s105#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.

Melony in 1964

girls
#1,042
108 births · 1 in 17,545 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. #1,042Melony108
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 17,545 of them was named Melony, which outranked 86.7% 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 Melony
  1. #1,032Trish109
  2. #1,032Trudi109
  3. #1,032Willa109
  4. #1,042Melony108
  5. #1,042Cristy108
  6. #1,042Justina108
  7. #1,042Lilly108
  8. #1,047Adriene107
  9. #1,047Inger107
  10. #1,047Marlena107

Tied with 4 names at #1,042; 3 shown. 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 →