Mellie
Mellie was the 7380th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1888, when it ranked 389th; the most babies were born in 1895 (48). Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,253 places. More babies were named Mellie in the 1910s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,380 girls, up 885 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 15girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 189548 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,203babies recorded
Mellie popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,380 | 15 |
| 2020 | #8,265 | 13 |
| 2010 | — | — |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | #6,157 | 8 |
| 1960 | #6,997 | 5 |
| 1950 | #3,859 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,178 | 15 |
| 1930 | #1,266 | 36 |
| 1920 | #1,339 | 35 |
| 1910 | #776 | 31 |
| 1900 | #598 | 35 |
| 1890 | #439 | 34 |
| 1880 | #430 | 16 |
How popular is Mellie, counting every spelling?
Mellie is the most common spelling of a name family that had 66 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 66 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mellie | 15 | #7,380 | 67 |
| Melea | 14 | #7,757 | 64 |
| Meleah | 11 | #9,268 | 61 |
| Meli | 10 | #9,884 | 56 |
| Melly | 5 | #16,472 | 37 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Mellie?
15 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mellie (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Mellie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 554 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mellie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Mellie?
About 400 people born in the US named Mellie are alive today, with a median age of 63; half are between 8 and 81. That makes Mellie a name most people associate with older generations. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Mellie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Mellie, they share its era and feel.
Mellie is also a nickname for Melanie.
Questions about the name Mellie
How popular is the name Mellie?
Mellie was the 7380th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1888, when it ranked 389th; the most babies were born in 1895 (48). Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,253 places. More babies were named Mellie in the 1910s than in any other decade.
Is Mellie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Mellie in the US.