Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Melodi

#4,377 most common girls' name of all time · #7,453 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1946–2025

Rank among girls
#4,377
Rank overall
#7,453 of 105,966
First appeared
1946
Years on the list
80 of 146
All-time
2,072
Since 2016
522
Peak year
2021 #2,617
Best rank
#1,867 1956
Girls Boys peak 66/yr
1960198020002020

Melodi 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 53 — 53 #3,076
2024 54 — 54 #3,022
2023 57 — 57 #2,949
2022 56 — 56 #2,973
2021 66 — 66 #2,617
2020 60 — 60 #2,758
2019 57 — 57 #2,901
2018 47 — 47 #3,361
2017 43 — 43 #3,569
2016 29 — 29 #4,763
2015 40 — 40 #3,791
2014 43 — 43 #3,599
2013 38 — 38 #3,936
2012 38 — 38 #4,000
2011 31 — 31 #4,586
2010 40 — 40 #3,830
2009 18 — 18 #7,121
2008 19 — 19 #6,858
2007 22 — 22 #6,134
2006 24 — 24 #5,576
2005 13 — 13 #8,413
2004 21 — 21 #5,791
2003 21 — 21 #5,636
2002 10 — 10 #9,603
2001 18 — 18 #6,119
2000 17 — 17 #6,276
1999 13 — 13 #7,355
1998 16 — 16 #6,139
1997 11 — 11 #7,857
1996 15 — 15 #6,149
1995 16 — 16 #5,759
1994 17 — 17 #5,515
1993 16 — 16 #5,762
1992 21 — 21 #4,741
1991 13 — 13 #6,675
1990 21 — 21 #4,571
1989 14 — 14 #5,936
1988 18 — 18 #4,718
1987 14 — 14 #5,408
1986 16 — 16 #4,797
1985 15 — 15 #4,931
1984 26 — 26 #3,272
1983 17 — 17 #4,352
1982 30 — 30 #2,987
1981 21 — 21 #3,796
1980 25 — 25 #3,359
1979 28 — 28 #3,034
1978 34 — 34 #2,545
1977 33 — 33 #2,578
1976 20 — 20 #3,468
1975 20 — 20 #3,451
1974 26 — 26 #2,803
1973 23 — 23 #2,969
1972 24 — 24 #2,868
1971 19 — 19 #3,442
1970 25 — 25 #2,824
1969 29 — 29 #2,437
1968 32 — 32 #2,154
1967 26 — 26 #2,411
1966 34 — 34 #2,011
1965 23 — 23 #2,589
1964 24 — 24 #2,586
1963 26 — 26 #2,410
1962 37 — 37 #1,910
1961 27 — 27 #2,345
1960 34 — 34 #1,980
1959 36 — 36 #1,879
1958 32 — 32 #1,979
1957 24 — 24 #2,342
1956 34 — 34 #1,867
1955 19 — 19 #2,626
1954 22 — 22 #2,373
1953 16 — 16 #2,803
1952 10 — 10 #3,770
1951 9 — 9 #3,965
1950 5 — 5 #5,896
1949 10 — 10 #3,600
1948 5 — 5 #5,879
1947 7 — 7 #4,719
1946 9 — 9 #3,661