NameTides

Melodie

Melodie was the #2,017 girls' name in the US in 2025 (94 babies), and #2,278 in England & Wales and #355 in Canada.

Melodie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Melodie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Melodie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#2,017 (94)#2,278 (12)—#355 (87)
2024#1,810 (111)#2,412 (11)—#344 (88)
2023#2,210 (85)#2,346 (11)—#343 (86)
2022#2,445 (74)#2,674 (9)—#360 (84)
2021#2,638 (65)#1,785 (16)—#289 (112)
2020#2,034 (91)#1,687 (17)—#270 (111)
2019#1,898 (105)#1,782 (16)—#240 (128)
2018#2,179 (86)#1,788 (16)—#273 (119)
2017#2,283 (81)#2,341 (11)—#223 (140)
2016#2,017 (98)#3,214 (7)—#256 (127)
2015#1,731 (121)#1,711 (17)—#224 (146)
2014#2,038 (96)#1,628 (18)—#210 (157)
2013#2,083 (92)#1,956 (14)—#198 (169)
2012#1,955 (100)#1,387 (23)—#171 (191)
2011#2,088 (92)#1,729 (16)—#187 (172)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1956 at #451.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1933.

How common is it?

about 1 in 17,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Melodie is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 17,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Melodie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,526NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,038TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Melodie (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#7572

Melodie (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MelodieCanadaGirls#35587
MelodieEngland & WalesGirls#2,27812
MelodieNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MelodieScotlandGirls—too few
MelodieUSGirls#2,01794