Melrose
Melrose was the 3880th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 38 babies. Its best year was 1926, when it ranked 1378th; the most babies were born in 2024 (50). Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,613 places. More babies were named Melrose in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,880 girls, down 617 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 38girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202450 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,231babies recorded
Melrose popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 51 since 1915.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,880 | 38 |
| 2020 | #3,263 | 48 |
| 2010 | #7,776 | 16 |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | #5,844 | 5 |
| 1940 | #2,381 | 13 |
| 1930 | #2,174 | 16 |
| 1920 | #1,931 | 21 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Melrose, counting every spelling?
Melrose has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Melrose?
38 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Melrose (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Melrose 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 221 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Melrose.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Melrose?
About 600 people born in the US named Melrose are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 4 and 16. That makes Melrose a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Melrose by state
How common Melrose was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Melrose: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Melrose, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Melrose
How popular is the name Melrose?
Melrose was the 3880th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 38 babies. Its best year was 1926, when it ranked 1378th; the most babies were born in 2024 (50). Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,613 places. More babies were named Melrose in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Melrose a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Melrose in the US.
Where is Melrose most popular?
In 2021–2025, Melrose was most common in California (0.03 per 1,000 girls).