Melbert
Melbert was last recorded in 1944, when 6 babies were given it; 71 Americans have been recorded with it between 1917 and 1944 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Melbert by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Melbert?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #3,338, in 1944; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
9 babies in 1919, the peak
Melbert peaked in 1919, when 9 boys were given it, #3,036 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 6 | #3,338 | 4.4 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,853 | 4.7 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,112 | 4.8 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,345 | 7.1 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,599 | 4.5 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,622 | 6.3 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,176 | 5.3 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,091 | 5.5 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,123 | 8.5 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,036 | 9.2 |
Every recorded year (11)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 5 | #4,369 | 5.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Melbert a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Melbert has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 11 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Melbert: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Melbert, and how old are they?
An estimated 4 Americans named Melbert and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026, too few to state an age range. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Melbert
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.