girls:
2.7k births since 1933
#3347 (41st percentile)
overall:
2.7k births since 1933
#5197 (33rd percentile)
The name Melodee is the #5,197 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,680 recorded births since 1933. This represents the 32.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 32.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,347 (41.4% percentile) for all time with 2,680 births since 1933.
Melodee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1933 (first recorded for girls in 1933). Birth data for Melodee is available in 87 out of the 91 years between 1933 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Melodee reached its peak popularity in 1955, achieving the 13.3% percentile (ranked #631) with 51 births per million. The name was most common in 1955, with 51 births per million (ranked 13.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Melodee ranks #924 for girls (2.4% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 31.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Melodee".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Melodee. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.9% confident that Melodee is pronounced as MEH-luh-dee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEH-loh-dee, at 25.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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