Melda is a rare variant of Melody that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Melda is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1975. Melda was first reported in SSA data in 1887 and peaked in 1925 (44 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 6 | — | #8,651 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #7,008 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | #7,087 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | #6,797 |
| 1969 | 8 | — | #5,791 |
| 1968 | 9 | — | #5,020 |
| 1967 | 9 | — | #4,852 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | #6,304 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | #4,404 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | #4,866 |
| 1963 | 11 | — | #4,176 |
| 1962 | 8 | — | #5,147 |
| 1961 | 9 | — | #4,779 |
| 1960 | 15 | — | #3,308 |
| 1959 | 15 | — | #3,209 |
| 1958 | 24 | — | #2,360 |
| 1957 | 20 | — | #2,620 |
| 1956 | 23 | — | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 16 | — | #2,917 |
| 1954 | 17 | — | #2,762 |
| 1953 | 15 | — | #2,891 |
| 1952 | 19 | — | #2,477 |
| 1951 | 19 | — | #2,362 |
| 1950 | 20 | — | #2,227 |
| 1949 | 18 | — | #2,385 |
| 1948 | 20 | — | #2,227 |
| 1947 | 14 | — | #2,857 |
| 1946 | 27 | — | #1,756 |
| 1945 | 17 | — | #2,126 |
| 1944 | 18 | — | #2,068 |
| 1943 | 25 | — | #1,739 |
| 1942 | 26 | — | #1,655 |
| 1941 | 20 | — | #1,858 |
| 1940 | 16 | — | #2,072 |
| 1939 | 25 | — | #1,534 |
| 1938 | 18 | — | #1,920 |
| 1937 | 31 | — | #1,323 |
| 1936 | 17 | — | #1,929 |
| 1935 | 24 | — | #1,533 |
| 1934 | 25 | — | #1,503 |
| 1933 | 24 | — | #1,537 |
| 1932 | 19 | — | #1,860 |
| 1931 | 29 | — | #1,387 |
| 1930 | 26 | — | #1,557 |
| 1929 | 33 | — | #1,326 |
| 1928 | 44 | — | #1,158 |
| 1927 | 31 | — | #1,476 |
| 1926 | 35 | — | #1,350 |
| 1925 | 44 | — | #1,173 |
| 1924 | 30 | — | #1,553 |
| 1923 | 24 | — | #1,760 |
| 1922 | 31 | — | #1,493 |
| 1921 | 37 | — | #1,288 |
| 1920 | 40 | — | #1,224 |
| 1919 | 32 | — | #1,386 |
| 1918 | 39 | — | #1,210 |
| 1917 | 38 | — | #1,173 |
| 1916 | 26 | — | #1,472 |
| 1915 | 32 | — | #1,246 |
| 1914 | 24 | — | #1,291 |
| 1913 | 16 | — | #1,505 |
| 1912 | 22 | — | #1,137 |
| 1911 | 9 | — | #1,742 |
| 1910 | 11 | — | #1,484 |
| 1909 | 8 | — | #1,703 |
| 1908 | 12 | — | #1,249 |
| 1907 | 10 | — | #1,352 |
| 1906 | 8 | — | #1,512 |
| 1905 | 13 | — | #1,084 |
| 1904 | 9 | — | #1,335 |
| 1903 | 9 | — | #1,277 |
| 1902 | 12 | — | #1,058 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | #1,422 |
| 1900 | 14 | — | #1,043 |
| 1898 | 8 | — | #1,343 |
| 1897 | 6 | — | #1,493 |
| 1896 | 7 | — | #1,380 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | #1,533 |
| 1891 | 7 | — | #1,171 |
| 1887 | 5 | — | #1,249 |