Boys' name · since 1996
Melad
Melad has 11 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 11
- total births
- 1996–1997
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
Melad sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 11 recorded since 1996.
Social Security Administration records show Melad recorded 11 times among boys since 1996, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 1997.
- 11 total births
- 1996–1997 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Melad's 11 recorded births place it above 25% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melad's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melad's full recorded timeline at 1997, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1997
- Peak year (1997)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Melad by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Melad's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Melad births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1996–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Melad: Baby Name Since 1996 - 11 Births, Peak 1997." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/melad. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Melad draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.