Unisex name · since 1987
Melek
578 babies named Melek in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,802 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,125 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 578
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Melek currently ranks #4125 among unisex names in America, with 578 babies recorded since 1987.
Melek has 578 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4125 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #10,802 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,125 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 578 born since 1987
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melek ranks #10,802 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,125 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 578 born since 1987, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,802 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,125 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 578
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Melek's 578 recorded births place it above 85.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Melek compares
578 Top 42% higher than 58% of 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
Melek's all-time total is 54% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melek | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 578 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 98 | 21 | 19,840 |
Melek's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melek's full recorded timeline at 2015, 76% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 24% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 98 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melek popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 98
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Melek popularity over time - boys
67 total births recorded since 1995 (Melek as boys' name)
Melek by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (359 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Melek's strongest decade.
359 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Melek births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 56
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
158 births
- 2020s
2020s
359 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 359 births (62% of all-time use).
How Melek compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Melek's total volume
Melek by state
Where Melek concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 72 | 12.5% |
| #2 | California | | 68 | 11.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 20 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 19 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 9 | 1.6% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.9% |
72 of 578 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Meleks (72 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 Melek: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1987–2025 (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 Melek 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.