girl's name
Melrose
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 2
- Letters 7
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 1,265
Melrose is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 38 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2024, when 50 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 87,252 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1902.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Melrose over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 10 |
| 1910s | 154 |
| 1920s | 271 |
| 1930s | 148 |
| 1940s | 69 |
| 1950s | 36 |
| 1960s | 11 |
| 2000s | 43 |
| 2010s | 242 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 247 |
How popular is Melrose?
In 2025, Melrose was given to 38 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Melrose is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Melrose
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Melrose also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Melrose over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Melrose
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Melrose — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Melrose
How popular is the name Melrose?
In 2025, Melrose was given to 38 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Melrose a girl's or a boy's name?
Melrose is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Melrose?
Melrose has 2 syllables.
When was Melrose most popular?
Melrose peaked in 2024, when 50 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Melrose a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Melrose currently ranks #3,853 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.