How Many People Are Named Mellody?
An estimated 429 people in the United States have the first name Mellody. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 39 years old, and Mellody peaked in popularity in 1956 with 16 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Mellody as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Mellody paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
429
About 1 in 798,961 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
39
years old
Peak Year
1956
16 births
Total Registered
489
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Mellody
Mellody is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 489 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Mellody as a female name
Ranked #7,813 in 2024
14 female births in 2024
Peak: 1956 (16 births)
Mellody: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Mellody span from the 1940s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 103 babies were registered. While Mellody is less common than at its peak in the 1960s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Mellody by Decade
How has Mellody tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Mellody + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Mellody as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Mellody
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
Mellody: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Mellody?
We estimate approximately 429 people named Mellody are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 798,961 Americans share this first name.
Is Mellody a common name?
Mellody is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 83% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 489 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Mellody most popular?
Mellody reached peak popularity in 1956, when 16 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Mellody is approximately 39 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Mellody a female name?
Mellody is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Mellody Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Mellody Smith, Mellody Johnson, Mellody Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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