Girls' name · since 1944
Melonie
Since 1944, U.S. Social Security records show 5,462 babies named Melonie, peaking in 1973. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #2,428 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,212 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,462
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
Melonie currently ranks #10212 among girls' names in America, with 5,462 babies recorded since 1944.
Melonie has 5,462 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10212 as of the latest data, more common than 41% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2025.
- #2,428 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,212 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,462 born since 1944
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melonie ranks #2,428 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,212 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,462 born since 1944, peaking in the 1970s.
- #2,428 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,212 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,462
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
Melonie's 5,462 recorded births place it above 96.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Melonie compares
5,462 Top 13% higher than 87% 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
Melonie's all-time total is 15x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melonie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,462 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 176 | 21 | 19,840 |
Melonie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Melonie splits its recorded history at 1985: 29% of all births land in the more recent half, 71% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1946 (7 births) -- compare that against the 1973 peak of 176 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Melonie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2025
- Peak year (1973)
- 176
- Annual births at peak, across 82 years of records
Melonie by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (1,468 births, 27% of the file).
1970s was Melonie's strongest decade.
1,468 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Melonie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 49
1940s
49 births
- 1950s 558
1950s
558 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,251 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,468 births
- 1980s
1980s
879 births
- 1990s 450
1990s
450 births
- 2000s 398
2000s
398 births
- 2010s 303
2010s
303 births
- 2020s 106
2020s
106 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 1,468 births (27% of all-time use).
How Melonie 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 Melonie's total volume
Melonie by state
Where Melonie concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 471 | 8.6% |
| #2 | California | | 457 | 8.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 210 | 3.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 157 | 2.9% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 136 | 2.5% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 130 | 2.4% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 120 | 2.2% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 119 | 2.2% |
471 of 5,462 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Melonie appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Melonie's data
- Melonie's decade-level peak was the 1970s (1,468 total births); usage has since declined to 106 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Melonies (471 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 Melonie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~81 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, 1944–2025 (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 Melonie 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.