Girls' name · since 1946
Mellody
500 babies named Mellody in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,863 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,935 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 500
- born since 1946
- 1960s
- peak decade
500 babies have been named Mellody since 1946, making it today's #8935 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mellody has been recorded 500 times among girls since 1946, currently ranked #8935 nationally and more common than 48% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 2025.
- #11,863 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,935 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 500 born since 1946
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mellody ranks #11,863 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,935 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 500 born since 1946, peaking in the 1960s.
- #11,863 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,935 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 500
- born since 1946
- 1960s
- peak decade
Mellody's 500 recorded births place it above 83.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
How Mellody compares
500 Top 45% higher than 55% 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
Mellody's all-time total is 33% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mellody | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 500 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mellody's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mellody's full recorded timeline at 1980, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1946, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1956 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mellody popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–2025
- Peak year (1956)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Mellody by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (103 births, 21% of the file).
1960s was Mellody's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Mellody births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 16
1940s
16 births
- 1950s
1950s
82 births
- 1960s
1960s
103 births
- 1970s
1970s
63 births
- 1980s 35
1980s
35 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s 37
2000s
37 births
- 2010s
2010s
92 births
- 2020s
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 103 births (21% of all-time use).
How Mellody 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 Mellody's total volume
Mellody by state
Where Mellody concentrates geographically, total births since 1946
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What to do with Mellody's data
- Mellody's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (103 total births) through the 2020s (61) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Illinois records the most Mellodys (30 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mellody: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1956)
Similar record span (~79 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, 1946–2025 (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 Mellody 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.