Melodie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEL-o-dee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,017 for girls
Melodie is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “song, melody”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 2,017th for girls in the US (94 babies).
What does Melodie mean?
English: French spelling of Melody
“song, melody”
French spelling of Melody, ultimately from Greek melos, song.
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Is Melodie a girl's or a boy's name?
Melodie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 94 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melodie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Melodie, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 23 girls.
Half of all the girls named Melodie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 227 girls in the UK were given Melodie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #237, up from #2,344 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Melodie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,708 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,656 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,696 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Melodie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,017among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 94about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 94 girls in the US were named Melodie, making it the 2,017th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,034th. Its busiest year was 1956, with 409 girls. It first appears in the records in 1933.
Half of all the girls named Melodie in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,266 girls in the US were given Melodie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #94, up from #2,017 for this spelling alone.
Melodie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | #2,017 |
| 2024 | 111 | #1,810 |
| 2023 | 85 | #2,210 |
| 2022 | 74 | #2,445 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,638 |
| 2020 | 91 | #2,034 |
| 2019 | 105 | #1,898 |
| 2018 | 86 | #2,179 |
| 2017 | 81 | #2,283 |
| 2016 | 98 | #2,017 |
| 2015 | 121 | #1,731 |
| 2014 | 96 | #2,038 |
| 2013 | 92 | #2,083 |
| 2012 | 100 | #1,955 |
| 2011 | 92 | #2,088 |
| 2010 | 119 | #1,747 |
| 2009 | 82 | #2,358 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,630 |
| 2007 | 80 | #2,368 |
| 2006 | 77 | #2,419 |
| 2005 | 58 | #2,823 |
| 2004 | 77 | #2,261 |
| 2003 | 83 | #2,103 |
| 2002 | 62 | #2,524 |
| 2001 | 91 | #1,897 |
| 2000 | 70 | #2,232 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,851 |
| 1998 | 61 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 54 | #2,420 |
| 1996 | 51 | #2,472 |
| 1995 | 90 | #1,636 |
| 1994 | 75 | #1,885 |
| 1993 | 75 | #1,878 |
| 1992 | 75 | #1,871 |
| 1991 | 97 | #1,569 |
| 1990 | 79 | #1,809 |
| 1989 | 77 | #1,746 |
| 1988 | 79 | #1,635 |
| 1987 | 83 | #1,530 |
| 1986 | 96 | #1,351 |
| 1985 | 96 | #1,360 |
| 1984 | 102 | #1,255 |
| 1983 | 107 | #1,200 |
| 1982 | 105 | #1,243 |
| 1981 | 122 | #1,128 |
| 1980 | 142 | #1,019 |
| 1979 | 131 | #1,056 |
| 1978 | 144 | #964 |
| 1977 | 146 | #947 |
| 1976 | 122 | #1,022 |
| 1975 | 129 | #963 |
| 1974 | 134 | #929 |
| 1973 | 162 | #808 |
| 1972 | 152 | #853 |
| 1971 | 145 | #906 |
| 1970 | 131 | #966 |
| 1969 | 193 | #723 |
| 1968 | 171 | #760 |
| 1967 | 210 | #661 |
| 1966 | 208 | #673 |
| 1965 | 212 | #675 |
| 1964 | 217 | #703 |
| 1963 | 243 | #647 |
| 1962 | 232 | #670 |
| 1961 | 228 | #691 |
| 1960 | 312 | #553 |
| 1959 | 302 | #562 |
| 1958 | 307 | #557 |
| 1957 | 343 | #513 |
| 1956 | 409 | #450 |
| 1955 | 299 | #532 |
| 1954 | 191 | #672 |
| 1953 | 128 | #815 |
| 1952 | 148 | #728 |
| 1951 | 129 | #778 |
| 1950 | 96 | #908 |
| 1949 | 98 | #888 |
| 1948 | 69 | #1,056 |
| 1947 | 111 | #832 |
| 1946 | 74 | #969 |
| 1945 | 46 | #1,154 |
| 1944 | 41 | #1,235 |
| 1943 | 40 | #1,290 |
| 1942 | 48 | #1,137 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,396 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
Nicknames for Melodie
Names like Melodie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marnie Darcie Edie Mia Autumn Maria Scarlett Fatima Heidi Hope Penelope Amelie
Other spellings of Melodie
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Melodie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melodie, updated 20 October 2026.