Melody
Girl · MEL-o-dee · English
Melody is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “song, melody”. In 2025 it ranked 243rd for girls in the UK (211 babies) and 79th for girls in the US (3,095 babies).
What does Melody mean?
English: English word, from Greek
“song, melody”
From the English word, which comes from Greek melos, song, and oide, singing.
- Say it
- MEL-o-dee
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Is Melody a girl's or a boy's name?
Melody is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 211 girls in the UK and 3,095 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melody in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #243among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 211about 1 in 1,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 211 girls in the UK were named Melody, making it the 243rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 295th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 211 girls.
Half of all the girls named Melody in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 227 girls in the UK were given Melody or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #237, up from #243 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 248th in England and Wales and 178th in Scotland.
Melody in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 211 | #243 |
| 2024 | 174 | #285 |
| 2023 | 211 | #242 |
| 2022 | 193 | #266 |
| 2021 | 174 | #304 |
| 2020 | 178 | #295 |
| 2019 | 178 | #299 |
| 2018 | 161 | #322 |
| 2017 | 167 | #322 |
| 2016 | 189 | #292 |
| 2015 | 199 | #274 |
| 2014 | 175 | #299 |
| 2013 | 197 | #267 |
| 2012 | 181 | #306 |
| 2011 | 190 | #285 |
| 2010 | 168 | #304 |
| 2009 | 158 | #324 |
| 2008 | 137 | #365 |
| 2007 | 124 | #376 |
| 2006 | 127 | #367 |
| 2005 | 84 | #477 |
| 2004 | 81 | #475 |
| 2003 | 102 | #397 |
| 2002 | 59 | #551 |
| 2001 | 54 | #578 |
| 2000 | 52 | #583 |
| 1999 | 56 | #562 |
| 1998 | 34 | #761 |
| 1997 | 45 | #632 |
| 1996 | 42 | #634 |
How popular is Melody in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #79among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3,095about 1 in 520 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.7%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3,095 girls in the US were named Melody, making it the 79th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 106th. It first appears in the records in 1914.
2025 had the most girls named Melody of any year since it first appeared, in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Melody in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,266 girls in the US were given Melody or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #94.
Melody in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,095 | #79 |
| 2024 | 2,783 | #91 |
| 2023 | 2,572 | #103 |
| 2022 | 2,573 | #109 |
| 2021 | 2,466 | #113 |
| 2020 | 2,524 | #106 |
| 2019 | 2,466 | #118 |
| 2018 | 2,155 | #135 |
| 2017 | 2,072 | #144 |
| 2016 | 2,148 | #144 |
| 2015 | 2,178 | #148 |
| 2014 | 2,065 | #157 |
| 2013 | 1,867 | #172 |
| 2012 | 1,791 | #172 |
| 2011 | 1,562 | #201 |
| 2010 | 1,575 | #197 |
| 2009 | 1,452 | #226 |
| 2008 | 1,220 | #280 |
| 2007 | 1,143 | #295 |
| 2006 | 1,107 | #299 |
| 2005 | 1,040 | #310 |
| 2004 | 1,018 | #311 |
| 2003 | 1,023 | #303 |
| 2002 | 1,045 | #297 |
| 2001 | 1,080 | #290 |
| 2000 | 720 | #398 |
| 1999 | 627 | #436 |
| 1998 | 708 | #390 |
| 1997 | 736 | #370 |
| 1996 | 664 | #399 |
| 1995 | 708 | #369 |
| 1994 | 730 | #358 |
| 1993 | 731 | #352 |
| 1992 | 906 | #308 |
| 1991 | 850 | #318 |
| 1990 | 867 | #315 |
| 1989 | 881 | #296 |
| 1988 | 884 | #283 |
| 1987 | 906 | #270 |
| 1986 | 935 | #269 |
| 1985 | 967 | #259 |
| 1984 | 1,088 | #234 |
| 1983 | 1,107 | #225 |
| 1982 | 1,115 | #229 |
| 1981 | 1,175 | #223 |
| 1980 | 1,317 | #199 |
| 1979 | 1,365 | #197 |
| 1978 | 1,330 | #195 |
| 1977 | 1,371 | #196 |
| 1976 | 1,215 | #199 |
| 1975 | 1,198 | #206 |
| 1974 | 1,198 | #211 |
| 1973 | 1,124 | #224 |
| 1972 | 1,122 | #242 |
| 1971 | 1,203 | #244 |
| 1970 | 1,176 | #262 |
| 1969 | 1,245 | #239 |
| 1968 | 1,282 | #230 |
| 1967 | 1,528 | #204 |
| 1966 | 1,707 | #192 |
| 1965 | 1,664 | #198 |
| 1964 | 1,897 | #192 |
| 1963 | 2,093 | #182 |
| 1962 | 2,026 | #185 |
| 1961 | 2,272 | #172 |
| 1960 | 2,755 | #153 |
| 1959 | 1,953 | #185 |
| 1958 | 1,743 | #194 |
| 1957 | 1,989 | #182 |
| 1956 | 2,389 | #155 |
| 1955 | 1,801 | #186 |
| 1954 | 1,546 | #199 |
| 1953 | 1,296 | #222 |
| 1952 | 1,131 | #232 |
| 1951 | 887 | #260 |
| 1950 | 791 | #273 |
| 1949 | 740 | #282 |
| 1948 | 739 | #281 |
| 1947 | 759 | #279 |
| 1946 | 538 | #322 |
| 1945 | 307 | #405 |
| 1944 | 200 | #511 |
| 1943 | 195 | #537 |
| 1942 | 202 | #522 |
| 1941 | 51 | #1,020 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,518 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,638 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,382 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,845 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,094 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,002 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,274 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,642 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,022 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,920 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,268 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
Nicknames for Melody
Names like Melody
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