Mel — #8323 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Mel

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,683 babies named Mel between 1902 and 2024, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mel currently holds the #8323 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 119 babies received it in a single year. Mel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 492 additional births since 1916.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mel performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 843 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Mel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 452 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Mel in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mel 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 3,683 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.