Mehul — boys' name
297 babies named Mehul in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Mehul was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Mehul in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mehul
The Social Security Administration has registered 297 babies named Mehul between 1973 and 2018, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mehul currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mehul performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Mehul shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mehul in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 297 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Mehul at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mehul popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1973
- Peak year (2003)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
297 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 16 births in a single year.
Mehul by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 91 births that decade — 31% of Mehul's all-time total
Mehul decade highlights
- Peak decade 91 births
- Runner-up 72 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mehul's strongest decade
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1973–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.