Girls' name · since 1954
Mellony
146 babies named Mellony in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,061 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 146
- born since 1954
- 1960s
- peak decade
Mellony is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 146 have been recorded since 1954.
Social Security Administration records show Mellony recorded 146 times among girls since 1954, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 2018.
- #23,061 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 146 born since 1954
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mellony ranks #23,061 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 146 born since 1954, peaking in the 1960s.
- #23,061 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 146
- born since 1954
- 1960s
- peak decade
Mellony's 146 recorded births place it above 68.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mellony's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mellony's full recorded timeline at 1972, 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 1954, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1972 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mellony popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–2018
- Peak year (1972)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Mellony by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (45 births, 31% of the file).
1960s was Mellony's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Mellony births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
27 births
- 1960s
1960s
45 births
- 1970s
1970s
32 births
- 1980s
1980s
21 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 45 births (31% of all-time use).
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What to do with Mellony's data
- Mellony's decade-level peak was the 1960s (45 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mellony: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~64 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, 1954–2018 (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 Mellony 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.