Girls' name · since 1962
Melondy
187 babies named Melondy in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,516 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 187
- born since 1962
- 1970s
- peak decade
187 girls have been named Melondy since 1962, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melondy has been recorded 187 times among girls since 1962, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2024.
- #20,516 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 187 born since 1962
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melondy ranks #20,516 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 187 born since 1962, peaking in the 1970s.
- #20,516 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 187
- born since 1962
- 1970s
- peak decade
Melondy's 187 recorded births place it above 71.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melondy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melondy's full recorded timeline at 1982, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melondy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2024
- Peak year (1977)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Melondy by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (62 births, 33% of the file).
1970s was Melondy's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Melondy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
30 births
- 1970s
1970s
62 births
- 1980s
1980s
39 births
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 62 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Melondy's data
- Melondy's decade-level peak was the 1970s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Melondy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1962–2024 (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 Melondy 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.