Girls' name · since 1946
Melode
Melode has 37 recorded births since 1946 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1946 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 37
- total births
- 1946–1959
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 84%
- born in that decade
Melode is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 37 have been recorded since 1946.
Social Security Administration records show Melode recorded 37 times among girls since 1946, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 1959.
- 37 total births
- 1946–1959 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 84% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Melode's 37 recorded births place it above 47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melode's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melode's full recorded timeline at 1955, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1953, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1946 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melode popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1959
- Peak year (1946)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Melode by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Melode's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Melode births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s
1950s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 31 births (84% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1946–1959 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Melode: Baby Name Since 1946 - 37 Births, Peak 1946." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/melode. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Melode 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 July 2026.