Melodie Girl
How popular is Melodie?
#2,017 girl name in 2025
94 baby girls were named Melodie in the US in 2025, making it the 2017th most popular girl name.
Melodie popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,017 for girls (▼ 207 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 94 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-22% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,731 in 2015, #2,034 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1956 (409 girls) |
| Highest rank | #450 in 1956 |
| First recorded | 1933 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Melodie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Melody family of names ranked #99 for girls in 2025 (#114 the year before), with 3,266 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Melodie is most popular
Babies named Melodie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 0.1 per 1,000 (9 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Melodie by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 15 | #4,216 |
| 1940s | 540 | #832 |
| 1950s | 2,352 | #450 |
| 1960s | 2,226 | #553 |
| 1970s | 1,396 | #808 |
| 1980s | 1,009 | #1,019 |
| 1990s | 704 | #1,569 |
| 2000s | 750 | #1,897 |
| 2010s | 990 | #1,731 |
| 2020s | 520 | #1,810 |
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Questions
- Is Melodie a boy or girl name?
- Melodie is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Melodie were girls.
- How popular is the name Melodie?
- 94 baby girls were named Melodie in the US in 2025, making it the 2017th most popular girl name.
- When was Melodie most popular?
- Melodie peaked in 1956, when 409 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #450 in 1956.
- How many people are named Melodie?
- 10,502 babies have been named Melodie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,517 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 53.
- Where is Melodie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Melodie was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.