Mel
Rank in 2025
#6838
recorded as girls
#7194
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
27
girls 16 · boys 11
Peak year
1942
80 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
4,201
since 1902
Born a Mel? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Mel was most popular in 1942, when 80 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.06 per 1,000). In 2025, 16 babies were named Mel, ranking #6838 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 25%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | 6838 | 11 | 7194 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6642 | 9 | 8312 |
| 2023 | 16 | 6922 | 10 | 7738 |
| 2022 | 16 | 6984 | 9 | 8300 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9562 | 9 | 8166 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7212 | 7 | 9554 |
| 2019 | 18 | 6414 | 7 | 9756 |
| 2018 | 5 | 15682 | 10 | 7617 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 6 | 10775 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9411 | 12 | 6726 |
| 2015 | 8 | 11835 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 5 | 16513 | 6 | 10717 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13150 | 7 | 9655 |
| 2012 | 6 | 14962 | 5 | 12274 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 10 | 7502 |
| 2010 | 5 | 16992 | 11 | 7087 |
| 2009 | 5 | 17294 | 7 | 9864 |
| 2008 | 8 | 12579 | 13 | 6393 |
| 2007 | 10 | 10818 | 14 | 5901 |
| 2006 | 12 | 9286 | 18 | 4865 |
| 2005 | 14 | 7891 | 11 | 6634 |
| 2004 | 30 | 4492 | 16 | 5007 |
| 2003 | 18 | 6299 | 22 | 3838 |
| 2002 | 21 | 5444 | 12 | 5725 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 12 | 5667 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 12 | 5588 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 17 | 4162 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 11 | 5466 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 12 | 4960 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 21 | 3293 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 14 | 4280 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 12 | 4803 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 13 | 4447 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 12 | 4564 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 13 | 4231 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 16 | 3607 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 17 | 3325 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 13 | 3705 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 13 | 3521 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 9 | 4457 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 10 | 4052 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 11 | 3701 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 11 | 3630 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 19 | 2518 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 14 | 3030 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 26 | 2058 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 16 | 2777 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 22 | 2134 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 17 | 2556 |
| 1976 | 5 | 9284 | 31 | 1677 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 32 | 1593 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 27 | 1747 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 20 | 2036 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 35 | 1441 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 30 | 1597 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 36 | 1396 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 47 | 1136 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 35 | 1282 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 51 | 1018 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 63 | 916 |
| 1965 | 6 | 5817 | 65 | 920 |
| 1964 | 9 | 4636 | 82 | 839 |
| 1963 | 7 | 5296 | 64 | 936 |
| 1962 | 17 | 3033 | 79 | 850 |
| 1961 | 13 | 3608 | 102 | 762 |
| 1960 | 17 | 2989 | 98 | 769 |
| 1959 | 12 | 3619 | 94 | 791 |
| 1958 | 12 | 3543 | 120 | 688 |
| 1957 | 17 | 2823 | 90 | 789 |
| 1956 | 12 | 3493 | 93 | 762 |
| 1955 | 8 | 4376 | 69 | 893 |
| 1954 | 5 | 5753 | 84 | 778 |
| 1953 | 12 | 3269 | 94 | 738 |
| 1952 | 9 | 3796 | 78 | 794 |
| 1951 | 5 | 5414 | 54 | 949 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 67 | 830 |
| 1949 | 7 | 4235 | 70 | 817 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 71 | 802 |
| 1947 | 6 | 4764 | 98 | 698 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 86 | 700 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 67 | 749 |
| 1944 | 6 | 4054 | 59 | 814 |
| 1943 | 5 | 4691 | 71 | 773 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 80 | 718 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 62 | 798 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 67 | 751 |
| 1939 | 7 | 3429 | 52 | 846 |
| 1938 | 5 | 4342 | 61 | 784 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 43 | 957 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 43 | 940 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 26 | 1326 |
| 1934 | 5 | 4286 | 40 | 1024 |
| 1933 | 5 | 4218 | 20 | 1540 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 31 | 1216 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 21 | 1538 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 18 | 1753 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 11 | 2452 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 14 | 2162 |
| 1927 | 6 | 4286 | 24 | 1561 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 25 | 1466 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 12 | 2435 |
| 1924 | 5 | 5061 | 12 | 2473 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 13 | 2331 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 19 | 1827 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 7 | 3517 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 14 | 2231 |
| 1919 | 6 | 4251 | 14 | 2152 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 16 | 1998 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 8 | 2956 |
| 1916 | 6 | 3919 | 13 | 2152 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 13 | 2070 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 10 | 2101 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 5 | 2821 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 5 | 2544 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 10 | 1117 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1909 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 7 | 966 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 5 | 1130 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 5 | 1137 |
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Recorded as girls 12% · boys 88% across all years