Melody
Rank in 2025
#79
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
3,095
girls 3,095
Peak year
2025
3,095 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
115,084
since 1914
Born a Melody? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Melody was most popular in 2025, when 3,095 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.9 per 1,000). In 2025, 3,095 babies were named Melody, ranking #79 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 22%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,095 | 79 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 2,783 | 91 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 2,572 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 2,573 | 109 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 2,466 | 113 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 2,524 | 106 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 2,466 | 118 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 2,155 | 135 | 6 | 10760 |
| 2017 | 2,072 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 2,148 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 2,178 | 148 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 2,065 | 157 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 1,867 | 172 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 1,791 | 172 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 1,562 | 201 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 1,575 | 197 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 1,452 | 226 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 1,220 | 280 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 1,143 | 295 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 1,107 | 299 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 1,040 | 310 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 1,018 | 311 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 1,023 | 303 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 1,045 | 297 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 1,080 | 290 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 720 | 398 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 627 | 436 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 708 | 390 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 736 | 370 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 664 | 399 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 708 | 369 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 730 | 358 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 731 | 352 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 906 | 308 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 850 | 318 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 867 | 315 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 881 | 296 | 9 | 5165 |
| 1988 | 884 | 283 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 906 | 270 | 6 | 6089 |
| 1986 | 935 | 269 | 8 | 4853 |
| 1985 | 967 | 259 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 1,088 | 234 | 8 | 4552 |
| 1983 | 1,107 | 225 | 8 | 4499 |
| 1982 | 1,115 | 229 | 5 | 6385 |
| 1981 | 1,175 | 223 | 9 | 4153 |
| 1980 | 1,317 | 199 | 5 | 6250 |
| 1979 | 1,365 | 197 | 5 | 6056 |
| 1978 | 1,330 | 195 | 5 | 5772 |
| 1977 | 1,371 | 196 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 1,215 | 199 | 8 | 4012 |
| 1975 | 1,198 | 206 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 1,198 | 211 | 7 | 4190 |
| 1973 | 1,124 | 224 | 7 | 4054 |
| 1972 | 1,122 | 242 | 5 | 4986 |
| 1971 | 1,203 | 244 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 1,176 | 262 | 6 | 4230 |
| 1969 | 1,245 | 239 | 9 | 3062 |
| 1968 | 1,282 | 230 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 1,528 | 204 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 1,707 | 192 | 5 | 3948 |
| 1965 | 1,664 | 198 | 9 | 2780 |
| 1964 | 1,897 | 192 | 5 | 4039 |
| 1963 | 2,093 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 2,026 | 185 | 7 | 3305 |
| 1961 | 2,272 | 172 | 8 | 3097 |
| 1960 | 2,755 | 153 | 5 | 4038 |
| 1959 | 1,953 | 185 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 1,743 | 194 | 10 | 2642 |
| 1957 | 1,989 | 182 | 5 | 3993 |
| 1956 | 2,389 | 155 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 1,801 | 186 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 1,546 | 199 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 1,296 | 222 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 1,131 | 232 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 887 | 260 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 791 | 273 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 740 | 282 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 739 | 281 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 759 | 279 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 538 | 322 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 307 | 405 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 200 | 511 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 195 | 537 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 202 | 522 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 51 | 1020 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 26 | 1518 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 22 | 1638 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 29 | 1382 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 18 | 1845 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 18 | 1801 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 15 | 2095 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 16 | 2003 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 13 | 2275 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 11 | 2644 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 10 | 2750 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 17 | 2023 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 10 | 2921 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 9 | 3269 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 6 | 4426 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 7 | 4002 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 5 | 5009 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 5 | 4975 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1915 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 7 | 2876 | <5 | — |
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Where Melody is most popular
- Rhode Island2.0×
- Nevada1.7×
- Delaware1.4×
- New Mexico1.4×
- California1.4×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years