How popular is the name Melody?

Melody ranks 334th among girls' names in US records, with 112,190 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 23,987.

Is Melody a unisex name?

No. Melody is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2024, when 2,771 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#334 of girl names

Pronounced M EH1 L AH0 D IY0 (ARPABET)

Melody is a girls' name, and first appears in 1914. It has been given to 112,190 children — the 334th most common girls' name on record.

It is gaining, with the past decade running 61% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 2,771 children were given it.

2024Girls: 2,771Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Melody?: Melody ranks 334th among girls' names in US records, with 112,190 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 23,987.
Is Melody a unisex name?: No. Melody is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Melody most popular?: 2024, when 2,771 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.