Girls' name · since 1917
Melzie
Melzie has 14 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1921 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 14
- total births
- 1917–1921
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
14 girls have been named Melzie since 1917, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melzie has been recorded 14 times among girls since 1917, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1921.
- 14 total births
- 1917–1921 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 57% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Melzie's 14 recorded births place it above 30% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melzie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melzie's full recorded timeline at 1921, 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 1917, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1921 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melzie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1921
- Peak year (1921)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Melzie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1920s was Melzie's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Melzie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 8 births (57% 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, 1917–1921 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Melzie: Baby Name Since 1917 - 14 Births, Peak 1921." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/melzie. 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 Melzie 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.