Melody

Meaning: Song or tune
Origin: English (from Greek) — From Greek for singing, chanting

Girl's name · #79 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Melody is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1914, it stood at #79 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 115,000 girls have been named Melody along the way.

Disney’s The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea introduced Ariel’s daughter Melody in 2000. US births of Melody rose from 720 that year to 1,080 in 2001.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#22 in Ecuador (2025) · #102 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #180 in Scotland (2025) · #217 in New Zealand (2025) · #249 in England & Wales (2025) · #346 in Poland (2025) · #353 in Sweden (2025) · #376 in Austria (2025) · #385 in Netherlands (2025) · #394 in Mexico (2024) · #417 in Switzerland (2025) · #828 in Ireland (2025) and 3 more.

Famous Melodys

Melody — Spanish singer, songwriter, actress and model
Melody Gardot — American jazz singer
Melody Thornton — American singer
Melody Anderson — Canadian-American actress
Melody Thomas Scott — American actor (born 1956)

In stories & tradition

Melody (River Song) — Doctor Who (TV series)
Projekt Melody — anthropomorphic artificial intelligence
Melody^fr — The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (film)

What Melodys become

Among 173 notable people named Melody:

Entertainers appear 3.28× more often than among typical names — e.g. Melody, Spanish singer, songwriter, actress and model.

Similar names: Iris · Melany · Elodie · Madeline · Margot · Stevie

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