girls:
1.1k births since 1902
#4625 (19th percentile)
boys:
51 births since 1915
#4535 (1st percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1902
#6597 (15th percentile)
The name Melrose is the #6,597 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,142 recorded births since 1902. This represents the 14.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,625 (19.1% percentile) for all time with 1,091 births since 1902. For boys, it ranks #4,535 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 51 births since 1915.
Melrose first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1902 (1902 for girls and 1915 for boys). Birth data for Melrose is available in 62 out of the 122 years between 1902 and 2023 (62 years for girls and 8 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 Melrose has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Melrose reached its peak popularity in 1926, achieving the 4.8% percentile (ranked #575) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 1926, with 28 births per million (ranked 4.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Melrose ranks #914 for girls (3.5% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 78.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Melrose reached its peak popularity in 1921, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #546) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1921, with 8 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1947.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Melrose".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Melrose. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 91.1% confident that Melrose is pronounced as MEHL-rohz, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEHL-rohs, at 8.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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