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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 185 babies (rank #269 that year). It was not in the 2024 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.

2,326

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

185

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
1996	40	#617
1997	45	#577
1998	30	#777
1999	51	#554
2000	51	#544
2001	50	#562
2002	57	#530
2003	97	#379
2004	79	#449
2005	77	#480
2006	121	#356
2007	121	#360
2008	133	#339
2009	151	#306
2010	163	#294
2011	179	#276
2012	170	#286
2013	183	#262
2014	163	#293
2015	185	#269
2016	180	#277