Girls' name · since 1880
Mellie
Mellie has 2,203 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1895 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,134 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,203
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
2,203 babies have been named Mellie since 1880, making it today's #7134 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mellie has been recorded 2,203 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #7134 nationally and more common than 59% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #4,413 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,134 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,203 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mellie ranks #4,413 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,134 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,203 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #4,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,134 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,203
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Mellie's 2,203 recorded births place it above 93.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Alabama.
How Mellie compares
2,203 Top 21% higher than 79% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mellie's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mellie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,203 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 48 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mellie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mellie's SSA record in two at 1930 and the more recent half accounts for 31% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 69%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1960, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1895 peak of 48, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mellie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1895)
- 48
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Mellie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (373 births, 17% of the file).
1910s was Mellie's strongest decade.
373 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Mellie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
233 births
- 1890s
1890s
268 births
- 1900s
1900s
288 births
- 1910s
1910s
373 births
- 1920s
1920s
350 births
- 1930s
1930s
256 births
- 1940s 140
1940s
140 births
- 1950s 71
1950s
71 births
- 1960s 47
1960s
47 births
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 72
2010s
72 births
- 2020s 80
2020s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 373 births (17% of all-time use).
How Mellie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Mellie's total volume
Mellie by state
Where Mellie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 31 | 1.4% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 29 | 1.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 28 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 27 | 1.2% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 25 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Kentucky | | 20 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 17 | 0.8% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 15 | 0.7% |
31 of 2,203 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Mellie appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Mellie's data
- Mellie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (373 total births); usage has since declined to 80 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Alabama records the most Mellies (31 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Alabama names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Mellie
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mellie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1895)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mellie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.