Mellody
#11,043 most common girls' name of all time · #18,331 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1946–2025
Rank among girls
#11,043
Rank overall
#18,331 of 105,966
First appeared
1946
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
500
Since 2016
98
Peak year
1956 #3,032
Best rank
#3,032 1956
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Mellody first appears in 1946. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,950 |
| 2024 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,667 |
| 2023 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,375 |
| 2022 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,405 |
| 2021 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,424 |
| 2020 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,507 |
| 2019 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,605 |
| 2018 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,582 |
| 2017 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,374 |
| 2016 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,059 |
| 2015 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,742 |
| 2014 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,103 |
| 2013 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,347 |
| 2012 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,207 |
| 2011 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,240 |
| 2010 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,385 |
| 2008 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,671 |
| 2007 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,760 |
| 2004 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,427 |
| 2003 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,125 |
| 2002 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,854 |
| 2001 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,296 |
| 1998 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,487 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,022 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,717 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,069 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,827 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,319 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,843 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,992 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,301 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,874 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,780 |
| 1976 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,016 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,178 |
| 1973 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,765 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,735 |
| 1970 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,223 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,257 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,594 |
| 1967 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,211 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,709 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,099 |
| 1964 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,249 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,751 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,185 |
| 1961 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,743 |
| 1960 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,187 |
| 1959 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,773 |
| 1958 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,063 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,656 |
| 1956 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,032 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,314 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,592 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,297 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,914 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,171 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,898 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,645 |