girls:
109k births since 1914
#346 (94th percentile)
boys:
170 births since 1957
#4416 (4th percentile)
overall:
109.2k births since 1914
#636 (92nd percentile)
The name Melody is the #636 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 109,159 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 91.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 91.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #346 (94.0% percentile) for all time with 108,989 births since 1914. For boys, it ranks #4,416 (3.6% percentile) for all time with 170 births since 1957.
Melody first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for girls and 1957 for boys). Birth data for Melody is available in 101 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (101 years for girls and 25 years for boys). 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.
The name Melody has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Melody reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 89.5% percentile (ranked #100) with 1,462 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 1,462 births per million (ranked 89.5% percentile). Despite a peak around 2005, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Melody is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #100 (89.5% percentile) with 1,462 births per million.
For boys, Melody reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #749) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1969, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2018.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Melody".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Melody is pronounced as MEH-luh-dee, which has 3 syllables.
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