Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Mellie

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Mellie
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1895

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 18952024

Peak year

1895

Decline from peak

68.8%

2024

All-time

2,188

Mellie has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1895, when 48 girls were named Mellie.

In 2024, only 15 girls were given the name.

Down 68.8% from its peak.

All told, about 2,188 Americans have been named Mellie and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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