How Many People Are Named Melody?
An estimated 99,541 people in the United States have the first name Melody. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 36 years old, and Melody peaked in popularity in 2024 with 2,771 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Melody 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 Melody paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- While Melody is overwhelmingly female, 170 male births have been registered with this name since 1880.
Estimated Living Americans
99,541
About 1 in 3,443 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
99.8% confidence
Average Age
36
years old
Peak Year
2024
2,771 births
Total Registered
111,958
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Melody
Melody is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 111,958 total births registered, 99.8% were female.
Melody as a male name
Ranked #11,672 in 2018
6 male births in 2018
Peak: 1958 (10 births)
Melody as a female name
Ranked #91 in 2024
2,771 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (2,771 births)
Melody: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Melody span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 19,874 babies were registered. While Melody is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Melody by Decade
How has Melody 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.
Melody by State
Birth registrations for Melody span all 51 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, New York. The lowest are in Vermont, Delaware, Wyoming. On average, about 2,148 Melodys were registered per state.
Melody + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Melody as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Melody
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Melody: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Melody?
We estimate approximately 99,541 people named Melody 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 3,443 Americans share this first name.
Is Melody a common name?
Melody is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 99.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 111,958 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Melody most popular?
Melody reached peak popularity in 2024, when 2,771 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Melody is approximately 36 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Melody a female name?
Melody is predominantly female. 99.8% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Melody Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Melody Smith, Melody Johnson, Melody 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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