for girls in 2025
Data through 2025
Mel name popularity in the United States
Mel ranked #6838 for girls in 2025. SSA recorded 16 girls named Mel.
SSA
30 recorded
since 2020
Popularity over time
Mel for boys and girls
Girls
1659.3% in 2025 · data from 1916 to 2025
Boys
1140.7% in 2025 · data from 1902 to 2025
Recent year-by-year data
The latest published years are shown first.
| Year | Group | Recorded count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | boys | 11 | #7194 |
| 2025 | girls | 16 | #6838 |
| 2024 | boys | 9 | #8312 |
| 2024 | girls | 17 | #6642 |
| 2023 | boys | 10 | #7738 |
| 2023 | girls | 16 | #6922 |
| 2022 | boys | 9 | #8300 |
| 2022 | girls | 16 | #6984 |
| 2021 | boys | 9 | #8166 |
| 2021 | girls | 10 | #9562 |
| 2020 | boys | 7 | #9554 |
| 2020 | girls | 15 | #7212 |
Show full history (167 rows)
| Year | Group | Recorded count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | boys | 11 | #7194 |
| 2025 | girls | 16 | #6838 |
| 2024 | boys | 9 | #8312 |
| 2024 | girls | 17 | #6642 |
| 2023 | boys | 10 | #7738 |
| 2023 | girls | 16 | #6922 |
| 2022 | boys | 9 | #8300 |
| 2022 | girls | 16 | #6984 |
| 2021 | boys | 9 | #8166 |
| 2021 | girls | 10 | #9562 |
| 2020 | boys | 7 | #9554 |
| 2020 | girls | 15 | #7212 |
| 2019 | boys | 7 | #9756 |
| 2019 | girls | 18 | #6414 |
| 2018 | boys | 10 | #7617 |
| 2018 | girls | 5 | #15682 |
| 2017 | boys | 6 | #10775 |
| 2016 | boys | 12 | #6726 |
| 2016 | girls | 11 | #9411 |
| 2015 | girls | 8 | #11835 |
| 2014 | boys | 6 | #10717 |
| 2014 | girls | 5 | #16513 |
| 2013 | boys | 7 | #9655 |
| 2013 | girls | 7 | #13150 |
| 2012 | boys | 5 | #12274 |
| 2012 | girls | 6 | #14962 |
| 2011 | boys | 10 | #7502 |
| 2010 | boys | 11 | #7087 |
| 2010 | girls | 5 | #16992 |
| 2009 | boys | 7 | #9864 |
| 2009 | girls | 5 | #17294 |
| 2008 | boys | 13 | #6393 |
| 2008 | girls | 8 | #12579 |
| 2007 | boys | 14 | #5901 |
| 2007 | girls | 10 | #10818 |
| 2006 | boys | 18 | #4865 |
| 2006 | girls | 12 | #9286 |
| 2005 | boys | 11 | #6634 |
| 2005 | girls | 14 | #7891 |
| 2004 | boys | 16 | #5007 |
| 2004 | girls | 30 | #4492 |
| 2003 | boys | 22 | #3838 |
| 2003 | girls | 18 | #6299 |
| 2002 | boys | 12 | #5725 |
| 2002 | girls | 21 | #5444 |
| 2001 | boys | 12 | #5667 |
| 2000 | boys | 12 | #5588 |
| 1999 | boys | 17 | #4162 |
| 1998 | boys | 11 | #5466 |
| 1997 | boys | 12 | #4960 |
| 1996 | boys | 21 | #3293 |
| 1995 | boys | 14 | #4280 |
| 1994 | boys | 12 | #4803 |
| 1993 | boys | 13 | #4447 |
| 1992 | boys | 12 | #4564 |
| 1991 | boys | 13 | #4231 |
| 1990 | boys | 16 | #3607 |
| 1989 | boys | 17 | #3325 |
| 1988 | boys | 13 | #3705 |
| 1987 | boys | 13 | #3521 |
| 1986 | boys | 9 | #4457 |
| 1985 | boys | 10 | #4052 |
| 1984 | boys | 11 | #3701 |
| 1983 | boys | 11 | #3630 |
| 1982 | boys | 19 | #2518 |
| 1981 | boys | 14 | #3030 |
| 1980 | boys | 26 | #2058 |
| 1979 | boys | 16 | #2777 |
| 1978 | boys | 22 | #2134 |
| 1977 | boys | 17 | #2556 |
| 1976 | boys | 31 | #1677 |
| 1976 | girls | 5 | #9284 |
| 1975 | boys | 32 | #1593 |
| 1974 | boys | 27 | #1747 |
| 1973 | boys | 20 | #2036 |
| 1972 | boys | 35 | #1441 |
| 1971 | boys | 30 | #1597 |
| 1970 | boys | 36 | #1396 |
| 1969 | boys | 47 | #1136 |
| 1968 | boys | 35 | #1282 |
| 1967 | boys | 51 | #1018 |
| 1966 | boys | 63 | #916 |
| 1965 | boys | 65 | #920 |
| 1965 | girls | 6 | #5817 |
| 1964 | boys | 82 | #839 |
| 1964 | girls | 9 | #4636 |
| 1963 | boys | 64 | #936 |
| 1963 | girls | 7 | #5296 |
| 1962 | boys | 79 | #850 |
| 1962 | girls | 17 | #3033 |
| 1961 | boys | 102 | #762 |
| 1961 | girls | 13 | #3608 |
| 1960 | boys | 98 | #769 |
| 1960 | girls | 17 | #2989 |
| 1959 | boys | 94 | #791 |
| 1959 | girls | 12 | #3619 |
| 1958 | boys | 120 | #688 |
| 1958 | girls | 12 | #3543 |
| 1957 | boys | 90 | #789 |
| 1957 | girls | 17 | #2823 |
| 1956 | boys | 93 | #762 |
| 1956 | girls | 12 | #3493 |
| 1955 | boys | 69 | #893 |
| 1955 | girls | 8 | #4376 |
| 1954 | boys | 84 | #778 |
| 1954 | girls | 5 | #5753 |
| 1953 | boys | 94 | #738 |
| 1953 | girls | 12 | #3269 |
| 1952 | boys | 78 | #794 |
| 1952 | girls | 9 | #3796 |
| 1951 | boys | 54 | #949 |
| 1951 | girls | 5 | #5414 |
| 1950 | boys | 67 | #830 |
| 1949 | boys | 70 | #817 |
| 1949 | girls | 7 | #4235 |
| 1948 | boys | 71 | #802 |
| 1947 | boys | 98 | #698 |
| 1947 | girls | 6 | #4764 |
| 1946 | boys | 86 | #700 |
| 1945 | boys | 67 | #749 |
| 1944 | boys | 59 | #814 |
| 1944 | girls | 6 | #4054 |
| 1943 | boys | 71 | #773 |
| 1943 | girls | 5 | #4691 |
| 1942 | boys | 80 | #718 |
| 1941 | boys | 62 | #798 |
| 1940 | boys | 67 | #751 |
| 1939 | boys | 52 | #846 |
| 1939 | girls | 7 | #3429 |
| 1938 | boys | 61 | #784 |
| 1938 | girls | 5 | #4342 |
| 1937 | boys | 43 | #957 |
| 1936 | boys | 43 | #940 |
| 1935 | boys | 26 | #1326 |
| 1934 | boys | 40 | #1024 |
| 1934 | girls | 5 | #4286 |
| 1933 | boys | 20 | #1540 |
| 1933 | girls | 5 | #4218 |
| 1932 | boys | 31 | #1216 |
| 1931 | boys | 21 | #1538 |
| 1930 | boys | 18 | #1753 |
| 1929 | boys | 11 | #2452 |
| 1928 | boys | 14 | #2162 |
| 1927 | boys | 24 | #1561 |
| 1927 | girls | 6 | #4286 |
| 1926 | boys | 25 | #1466 |
| 1925 | boys | 12 | #2435 |
| 1924 | boys | 12 | #2473 |
| 1924 | girls | 5 | #5061 |
| 1923 | boys | 13 | #2331 |
| 1922 | boys | 19 | #1827 |
| 1921 | boys | 7 | #3517 |
| 1920 | boys | 14 | #2231 |
| 1919 | boys | 14 | #2152 |
| 1919 | girls | 6 | #4251 |
| 1918 | boys | 16 | #1998 |
| 1917 | boys | 8 | #2956 |
| 1916 | boys | 13 | #2152 |
| 1916 | girls | 6 | #3919 |
| 1915 | boys | 13 | #2070 |
| 1914 | boys | 10 | #2101 |
| 1913 | boys | 5 | #2821 |
| 1912 | boys | 5 | #2544 |
| 1911 | boys | 10 | #1117 |
| 1904 | boys | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | boys | 5 | #1130 |
| 1902 | boys | 5 | #1137 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.