The name Melody is of English origin, and means melody or song.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Melody has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Melody
Use of the Name Melody for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
72,669
63,341
22,706
8,272
4,840
2,011
996
The table below indicates the number of times the name Melody has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Melody first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1942, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Melody
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1942
524
202
1943
539
196
1944
513
199
1945
404
308
1946
322
536
1947
279
758
1948
281
738
1949
281
742
1950
272
792
1951
260
884
1952
233
1,131
1953
222
1,292
1954
199
1,550
1955
187
1,798
1956
155
2,393
1957
182
1,991
1958
195
1,741
1959
185
1,954
1960
153
2,754
1961
172
2,272
1962
185
2,025
1963
182
2,088
1964
193
1,896
1965
199
1,665
1966
192
1,708
1967
204
1,526
1968
230
1,280
1969
239
1,249
1970
262
1,174
1971
244
1,202
1972
244
1,121
1973
225
1,122
1974
211
1,196
1975
206
1,200
1976
199
1,215
1977
196
1,372
1978
195
1,330
1979
197
1,363
1980
199
1,316
1981
223
1,176
1982
229
1,113
1983
225
1,107
1984
234
1,087
1985
259
967
1986
269
932
1987
271
905
1988
284
882
1989
295
883
1990
314
863
1991
320
847
1992
308
900
1993
353
727
1994
359
729
1995
369
708
1996
399
660
1997
370
734
1998
390
706
1999
436
624
2000
399
718
2001
290
1,073
2002
298
1,038
2003
304
1,015
2004
315
996
Totals:
72,669
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Melody as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Melody appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 63 times during the last 125 years.