Girls' name · peaked in 2025
Melody name popularity since 1925
115,060 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Melody. Half of them were born in 1986 or earlier, so the typical Melody is about 40 years old in 2026. Melody peaked in 2025 as the #79 name for girls, and it ranked #79 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 115,060
- Named Melody, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #79
- for girls in 2025 (3,095 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 114,890 girls · 170 boys
- Most popular in
- Nevada
- 1.81× its national share
Peak year is the year Melody made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Melody births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Melody both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1943 and 1948, Melody became 3.1× more common, from 1 in 7,160 baby girls to 1 in 2,300.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Melody's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Melody.
Decade by decade
Babies named Melody in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 25 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 169 | 0 | #2,179 |
| 1940s | 3,757 | 0 | #405 |
| 1950s | 15,526 | 15 | #186 |
| 1960s | 18,469 | 48 | #198 |
| 1970s | 12,302 | 43 | #206 |
| 1980s | 10,375 | 58 | #259 |
| 1990s | 7,527 | 0 | #369 |
| 2000s | 10,848 | 0 | #311 |
| 2010s | 19,879 | 6 | #148 |
| 2020–25 | 16,013 | 0 | #79 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
26.9% of babies named Melody from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Melody is most popular
The index compares Melody's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Melody.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 1.81× | 738 |
| California | 1.50× | 18,113 |
| Oregon | 1.44× | 1,538 |
| Arizona | 1.40× | 2,070 |
| Hawaii | 1.38× | 493 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Melody and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Melody (this page) | 114,890 | 2025 |
| Melodie | 10,502 | 1956 |
| Melodee | 2,722 | 1955 |
| Melodi | 2,072 | 2021 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Melody's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Melody.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Melody (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data