Melodie
Melodie is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 111 births. Its best rank was 451st, in 1956.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1110.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1956409 births
- Best rank
- #451in 1956
- Since 1933
- 10,409people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,409 girls have been named Melodie in the United States since 1933, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1956, with 409 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1970, and the 1950s alone account for 23%. It has spent 31 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Melodie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 15 | |
| 1940s | 540 | |
| 1950s | 2,352 | |
| 1960s | 2,226 | |
| 1970s | 1,397 | |
| 1980s | 1,009 | |
| 1990s | 704 | |
| 2000s | 750 | |
| 2010s | 990 | |
| 2020s | 426 |
In 1956, its biggest year
Melodie was the 451st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1956 were Mary, Debra, Linda, Deborah and Susan. See all of 1956.
Names that rose and fell with Melodie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Valeriepeak 1959
- Lezliepeak 1962
- Maripeak 1957
- Janipeak 1960
- Ronipeak 1955
- Risapeak 1962
- Melodeepeak 1956
- Jonnipeak 1957
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.