Girls' name · since 1998
Melat
247 babies named Melat in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,716 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,783 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 247
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Melat is the #15783 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 247 recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melat has been recorded 247 times among girls since 1998, currently ranked #15783 nationally and more common than 9% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #17,716 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,783 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 247 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melat ranks #17,716 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,783 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 247 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,716 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,783 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 247
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Melat's 247 recorded births place it above 75.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Washington.
How Melat compares
247 41st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Melat's all-time total is 34% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melat | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 247 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Melat's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Melat's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2016, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Melat popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Melat by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (113 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Melat's strongest decade.
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Melat births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 8
1990s
8 births
- 2000s
2000s
113 births
- 2010s
2010s
97 births
- 2020s 29
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 113 births (46% of all-time use).
Melat by state
Where Melat concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Washington | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 247 births nationwide.
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What to do with Melat's data
- Melat's decade-level peak was the 2000s (113 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Washington records the most Melats (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Washington names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Melat: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Melat 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 August 2026.