Melody

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

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

From Wikipedia

Melody first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2012 with 207 babies (rank #155 that year). In 2024 it was given to 173 girls (rank #158). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Melody

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

4,673
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
207
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199186#337
199289#320
199384#343
199467#372
199580#356
199681#350
199775#360
199868#389
199969#397
200090#309
2001105#267
2002118#238
2003124#229
2004107#275
2005117#255
2006161#192
2007140#220
2008200#161
2009167#183
2010170#177
2011167#191
2012207#155
2013162#205
2014200#162
2015199#148
2016181#170
2017168#175
2018183#156
2019182#154
2020168#156
2021177#158
2022159#167
2023149#178
2024173#158