Boys' name · since 2013
Melech
Melech has 22 recorded births since 2013 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 22
- total births
- 2013–2023
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
22 boys have been named Melech since 2013, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melech has been recorded 22 times among boys since 2013, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, 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 2013 to 2023.
- 22 total births
- 2013–2023 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Melech's 22 recorded births place it above 37% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melech's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melech's full recorded timeline at 2021, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2013, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melech popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2023
- Peak year (2014)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Melech by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Melech's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Melech births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 11 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Melech's data
- Melech's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2020s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2013–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Melech: Baby Name Since 2013 - 22 Births, Peak 2014." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/melech. 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 Melech 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.