Girls' name · since 1946
Melodi
2,072 babies named Melodi in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,600 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,075 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,072
- born since 1946
- 2010s
- peak decade
Melodi currently ranks #3075 among girls' names in America, with 2,072 babies recorded since 1946.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melodi has been recorded 2,072 times among girls since 1946, currently ranked #3075 nationally and more common than 82% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. 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.
- #4,600 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,075 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,072 born since 1946
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melodi ranks #4,600 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,075 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,072 born since 1946, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,600 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,075 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,072
- born since 1946
- 2010s
- peak decade
Melodi's 2,072 recorded births place it above 93.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Melodi compares
2,072 Top 22% higher than 78% 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
Melodi's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melodi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,072 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 66 | 21 | 19,840 |
Melodi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melodi's full recorded timeline at 1986, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1948, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 66 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melodi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 66
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Melodi by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (406 births, 20% of the file).
2010s was Melodi's strongest decade.
406 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Melodi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 31
1940s
31 births
- 1950s
1950s
207 births
- 1960s
1960s
292 births
- 1970s
1970s
252 births
- 1980s
1980s
196 births
- 1990s 159
1990s
159 births
- 2000s
2000s
183 births
- 2010s
2010s
406 births
- 2020s
2020s
346 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 406 births (20% of all-time use).
How Melodi 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 Melodi's total volume
Melodi by state
Where Melodi concentrates geographically, total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 105 | 5.1% |
| #2 | California | | 87 | 4.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 27 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 19 | 0.9% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #8 | New York | | 6 | 0.3% |
105 of 2,072 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Melodi appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Melodi's data
- Melodi's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (406 total births) through the 2020s (346) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Melodis (105 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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 Melodi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
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 Melodi 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.