Mellie
#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births
- Peak · girls
- 1888 · 39 births
- Debut · girls
- 16 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,203since 1880
Mellie over time
Rank among girls' names. Mellie has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,133 | 15 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1939 | #2,206 | 14 |
| 1938 | #1,475 | 26 |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 |
| 1935 | #1,449 | 26 |
| 1934 | #1,440 | 26 |
| 1933 | #1,224 | 34 |
| 1932 | #1,634 | 22 |
| 1931 | #1,163 | 38 |
| 1930 | #1,251 | 36 |
| 1929 | #1,419 | 29 |
| 1928 | #1,541 | 27 |
| 1927 | #1,486 | 30 |
| 1926 | #1,303 | 36 |
| 1925 | #1,272 | 38 |
| 1924 | #1,409 | 34 |
| 1923 | #1,111 | 47 |
| 1922 | #1,646 | 26 |
| 1921 | #1,092 | 48 |
| 1920 | #1,312 | 35 |
| 1919 | #1,057 | 47 |
| 1918 | #1,041 | 48 |
| 1917 | #1,261 | 33 |
| 1916 | #1,100 | 41 |
| 1915 | #1,075 | 39 |
| 1914 | #1,003 | 35 |
| 1913 | #867 | 37 |
| 1912 | #820 | 37 |
| 1911 | #853 | 25 |
| 1910 | #768 | 31 |
| 1909 | #669 | 35 |
| 1908 | #882 | 20 |
| 1907 | #710 | 28 |
| 1906 | #642 | 31 |
| 1905 | #632 | 31 |
| 1904 | #668 | 27 |
| 1903 | #695 | 23 |
| 1902 | #591 | 31 |
| 1901 | #603 | 27 |
| 1900 | #589 | 35 |
| 1899 | #537 | 31 |
| 1898 | #768 | 19 |
| 1897 | #735 | 18 |
| 1896 | #688 | 21 |
| 1895 | #404 | 48 |
| 1894 | #557 | 27 |
| 1893 | #571 | 24 |
| 1892 | #638 | 20 |
| 1891 | #506 | 26 |
| 1890 | #435 | 34 |
| 1889 | #486 | 26 |
| 1888 | #387 | 39 |
| 1887 | #412 | 28 |
| 1886 | #395 | 30 |
| 1885 | #459 | 21 |
| 1884 | #463 | 19 |
| 1883 | #411 | 21 |
| 1882 | #458 | 16 |
| 1881 | #405 | 17 |
| 1880 | #421 | 16 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Mellie was already there! It came in at #421, and was given to 16 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1957–1958, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Mellie
- 118 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #7,133)
- 836 spots since 2020 (#7,969 → #7,133)
- 3,015 spots since 2015 (#10,148 → #7,133)
- Biggest jump: 231 spots in 1899 (#768 → #537)
- Biggest drop: 284 spots in 1896 (#404 → #688)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #387 (39 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1880–1913
- Highest: 1 in 4,580 girls born in 1888 were named Mellie (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 107,151 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.9% of all girls named Mellie (373) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 233 | #387 (1888) | #430 |
| 1890s | 268 | #404 (1895) | #584 |
| 1900s | 288 | #589 (1900) | #668 |
| 1910s | 373 | #768 (1910) | #985 |
| 1920s | 350 | #1,092 (1921) | #1,359 |
| 1930s | 256 | #1,163 (1931) | #1,566 |
| 1940s | 140 | #1,706 (1942) | #2,607 |
| 1950s | 71 | #3,157 (1954) | #4,082 |
| 1960s | 47 | #4,494 (1965) | #5,666 |
| 1970s | 15 | #5,818 (1970) | #6,693 |
| 1980s | 5 | #11,798 (1988) | #11,798 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 5 | #17,294 (2009) | #17,294 |
| 2010s | 72 | #6,698 (2019) | #9,427 |
| 2020s | 80 | #7,133 (2025) | #7,908 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mellie in 1881
Top girls' names in 1881
More about 1881
girls
91,953 girls got a published name in 1881; 1 in 5,409 of them was named Mellie, which outranked 56.8% of the 938 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #393Lessie18
- #393Luna18
- #393Matie18
- #405Mellie17
- #405Charles17
- #405Clyde17
- #405Elmira17
- #418Adella16
- #418Alida16
- #418Cecil16
Tied with 12 names at #405; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 381Avis#449 → #830
- ↓ 365Clementine#375 → #740
- ↓ 364Eleanore#466 → #830
- ↓ 364Lonnie#466 → #830
- ↓ 319Luvenia#421 → #740
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.