Melody

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Melody is a modern English feminine given name taken from the vocabulary word melody, which is ultimately derived from the Greek μελῳδία, melōidía, "singing, chanting").

From Wikipedia

Melody first appears in the data in 2014 and has been recorded in 4 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 9 babies (rank #201 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Melody

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Melody yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
9Soul urgeThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
11PersonalityThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Melody

Melody Thorntondancer · b. 1984
Melody Gardotjazz singer · b. 1985

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
2014	8	#213
2015	9	#201
2016	6	#284
2017	6	#264