Melody

girls’ nameAt its peakCompare

Melody is ranked 91st among girls in 2024 (2,771 births). Its best rank was 91st, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #91up 11 from 2023
Births in 2024: 2,7710.17% of girls
Peak year: 20242,771 births
Best rank: #91in 2024
Since 1914: 111,788people given the name

Babies named Melody, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

111,788 girls have been named Melody in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 2,771 births — 0.17% of all girls recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 2010s alone account for 18%. It has spent 83 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 1 of them in the top 100.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Melody
1910s	7
1920s	42
1930s	169
1940s	3,757
1950s	15,525
1960s	18,469
1970s	12,302
1980s	10,375
1990s	7,527
2000s	10,847
2010s	19,868
2020s	12,900

In 2024, its biggest year

Melody was the 91st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Melody

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.