Melodie

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Melodie: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Melodie: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,387 in 2012, and it stood at #2,411 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1387highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#1666
1998	#2407
1999	#2189
2000	#1688
2001	#2466
2002	#2105
2003	#1843
2004	#2112
2005	#2084
2006	#3548
2007	#1854
2008	#2022
2009	#2019
2010	#1584
2011	#1729
2012	#1387
2013	#1956
2014	#1628
2015	#1711
2016	#3214
2017	#2341
2018	#1788
2019	#1782
2020	#1687
2021	#1785
2022	#2673
2023	#2346
2024	#2411

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1387 among girls in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Melodie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Melodie in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	28	4 of 10	7
2000s	95	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	156	10 of 10	16
2020s	64	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Melodie appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1387 in England and Wales in 2012.

Melodie's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1785	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1687	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1782	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1788	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1956	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1387	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1729	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1584	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2019	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1666	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,387, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,411position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
23births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aminata · #1386, 28y
Ibtisam · #1386, 26y
Mili · #1386, 26y
Rameen · #1389, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Batsheva · #1387, 23y
Aminata · #1386, 28y
Ibtisam · #1386, 26y
Mili · #1386, 26y

Melodie and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Melodie without appearing here.

Melodie moved ahead of

Freddie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3548 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2022 and #5545.
Carmel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2341 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1788 and #4684.
Kai Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3214 and #3214 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1788 and #4684.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2341 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1788 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Melodie

Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2084 and #2682 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3548 and #2137.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1785 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #1452.
Ida Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1688 and #2167 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2466 and #1728.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #1743.

Moved the opposite way to Melodie

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melodie went from #1666 to #2411 while Blake went from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melodie went from #1666 to #2411 while Ezra went from #3824 to #1302.
Vicki Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Melodie went from #2683 to #1387 while Vicki went from #848 to #5876.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melodie went from #1584 to #2411 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.

Moved the same way as Melodie

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melodie went from #1688 to #2411 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1387 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Melodie

Melodie at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Melodie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Melodie at a glance

Melodie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Melodie and the names beside it

Melodie moved ahead of

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