Meilech — #4369 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Meilech

The Social Security Administration has registered 294 babies named Meilech between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Meilech currently holds the #4369 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Meilech performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 133 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Meilech shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 224 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Meilech in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Meilech 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 294 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.