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Melrose

#6,130 most common girls' name of all time · #10,362 across all names · 4% male / 96% female · used 1902–2025

Rank among girls
#6,130
Rank overall
#10,362 of 105,966
First appeared
1902
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
1,231
Since 2016
365
Peak year
2024 #3,181
Best rank
#1,376 1926
Girls Boys peak 50/yr
192019401960198020002020

Melrose first appears in 1902. 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 38 38 #3,838
2024 50 50 #3,181
2023 38 38 #3,926
2022 36 36 #4,051
2021 37 37 #3,945
2020 48 48 #3,233
2019 24 24 #5,318
2018 40 40 #3,743
2017 25 25 #5,205
2016 29 29 #4,746
2015 16 16 #7,291
2014 30 30 #4,668
2013 23 23 #5,658
2012 27 27 #5,127
2011 12 12 #9,179
2010 16 16 #7,544
2009 10 10 #10,724
2008 14 14 #8,560
2007 12 12 #9,571
2006 7 7 #13,677
1962 6 6 #5,997
1961 5 5 #6,706
1955 6 6 #5,336
1953 11 11 #3,556
1952 9 9 #3,890
1951 5 5 #5,562
1950 5 5 #5,465
1949 5 5 #5,426
1947 11 5 16 #3,314
1946 8 8 #3,780
1944 9 9 #3,223
1943 8 8 #3,582
1941 10 10 #2,922
1940 13 13 #2,364
1939 15 15 #2,160
1938 17 17 #1,984
1937 8 8 #3,259
1936 18 18 #1,835
1935 17 17 #1,974
1934 13 13 #2,359
1933 14 14 #2,229
1932 13 13 #2,436
1931 17 17 #1,984
1930 16 16 #2,159
1929 18 8 26 #1,997
1928 26 26 #1,621
1927 27 7 34 #1,603
1926 34 34 #1,376
1925 20 20 #1,984
1924 18 18 #2,189
1923 17 5 22 #2,222
1922 31 5 36 #1,493
1921 25 9 34 #1,754
1920 21 21 #1,931
1919 27 27 #1,558
1918 24 24 #1,675
1917 19 19 #1,901
1916 26 6 32 #1,477
1915 14 6 20 #2,221
1914 10 10 #2,368
1913 9 9 #2,284
1912 13 13 #1,608
1908 5 5 #2,317
1902 5 5 #2,030