Boys' name · since 1973
Melchizedek
445 babies named Melchizedek in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,458 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,079 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 445
- born since 1973
- 2010s
- peak decade
445 babies have been named Melchizedek since 1973, making it today's #4079 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melchizedek has been recorded 445 times among boys since 1973, currently ranked #4079 nationally and more common than 71% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #8,458 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,079 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 445 born since 1973
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melchizedek ranks #8,458 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,079 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 445 born since 1973, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,458 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,079 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 445
- born since 1973
- 2010s
- peak decade
Melchizedek's 445 recorded births place it above 81.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Melchizedek compares
445 Top 47% higher than 53% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Melchizedek's all-time total is 21% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melchizedek | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 445 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 34 | 22,252 |
Melchizedek's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Melchizedek's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Melchizedek popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Melchizedek by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (154 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Melchizedek's strongest decade.
154 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Melchizedek births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 55
1990s
55 births
- 2000s
2000s
113 births
- 2010s
2010s
154 births
- 2020s
2020s
107 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 154 births (35% of all-time use).
Melchizedek by state
Where Melchizedek concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 1.3% |
6 of 445 births nationwide.
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What to do with Melchizedek's data
- Melchizedek's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (154 total births) through the 2020s (107) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Melchizedeks (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Melchizedek: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Melchizedek 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.