How Many People Are Named Melodee?
An estimated 2,201 people in the United States have the first name Melodee. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 47 years old, and Melodee peaked in popularity in 1956 with 104 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Melodee 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 Melodee paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
2,201
About 1 in 155,727 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
47
years old
Peak Year
1956
104 births
Total Registered
2,709
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Melodee
Melodee is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 2,709 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Melodee as a female name
Ranked #4,833 in 2024
28 female births in 2024
Peak: 1956 (104 births)
Melodee: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Melodee span from the 1930s to the 2020s, covering 10 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1950s, when 740 babies were registered. Melodee has declined significantly from its peak in the 1950s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Melodee by Decade
How has Melodee 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.
Melodee by State
Birth registrations for Melodee span all 16 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Illinois, Texas. The lowest are in Oklahoma, New York, Nebraska. On average, about 43 Melodees were registered per state.
Melodee + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Melodee as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Melodee: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Melodee?
We estimate approximately 2,201 people named Melodee 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 155,727 Americans share this first name.
Is Melodee a common name?
Melodee is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 94.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,709 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Melodee most popular?
Melodee reached peak popularity in 1956, when 104 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Melodee is approximately 47 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Melodee a female name?
Melodee is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Melodee Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Melodee Smith, Melodee Johnson, Melodee 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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