Girls' name · since 1933
Melodie
Since 1933, U.S. Social Security records show 10,502 babies named Melodie, peaking in 1956. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #1,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,021 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,502
- born since 1933
- 1950s
- peak decade
Yes -- Melodie is the #2021 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 10,502 recorded since 1933.
Social Security Administration records show Melodie recorded 10,502 times among girls since 1933, holding rank #2021 nationally today, ahead of 88% of girls, 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 1933 to 2025.
- #1,609 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,021 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 10,502 born since 1933
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melodie ranks #1,609 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,021 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 10,502 born since 1933, peaking in the 1950s.
- #1,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,021 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,502
- born since 1933
- 1950s
- peak decade
Melodie's 10,502 recorded births place it above 97.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Melodie compares
10,502 Top 9% higher than 91% 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
Melodie's all-time total is 28x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melodie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 10,502 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 409 | 21 | 19,840 |
Melodie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melodie's full recorded timeline at 1982, 35% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 65% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1933, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1956 peak of 409 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melodie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–2025
- Peak year (1956)
- 409
- Annual births at peak, across 93 years of records
Melodie by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (2,352 births, 22% of the file).
1950s was Melodie's strongest decade.
2,352 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Melodie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 15
1930s
15 births
- 1940s 540
1940s
540 births
- 1950s
1950s
2,352 births
- 1960s
1960s
2,226 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,396 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,009 births
- 1990s 704
1990s
704 births
- 2000s 750
2000s
750 births
- 2010s
2010s
990 births
- 2020s 520
2020s
520 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 2,352 births (22% of all-time use).
How Melodie 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 Melodie's total volume
Melodie by state
Where Melodie concentrates geographically, total births since 1933
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,366 | 13.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 751 | 7.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 540 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 472 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 406 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 336 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 285 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 258 | 2.5% |
1,366 of 10,502 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Melodie appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Melodie's data
- Melodie's decade-level peak was the 1950s (2,352 total births); usage has since declined to 520 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Melodies (1,366 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Melodie: 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 (~92 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, 1933–2025 (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 Melodie 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.