girls:
5.4k births since 1944
#2269 (60th percentile)
overall:
5.4k births since 1944
#3702 (52nd percentile)
The name Melonie is the #3,702 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,440 recorded births since 1944. This represents the 52.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 52.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,269 (60.3% percentile) for all time with 5,440 births since 1944.
Melonie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1944 (first recorded for girls in 1944). Birth data for Melonie is available in 79 out of the 80 years between 1944 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, Melonie reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 22.9% percentile (ranked #571) with 113 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 113 births per million (ranked 22.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Melonie ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 7.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Melonie".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Melonie", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 35 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Melanie" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Melanie..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Melonie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 74.2% confident that Melonie is pronounced as MEH-luh-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEH-loh-nee, at 16.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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