Boys' name · since 1926
Melesio
Melesio has 74 recorded births since 1926 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1960 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 74
- total births
- 1926–2023
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 24%
- born in that decade
Melesio is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 74 have been recorded since 1926.
Social Security Administration records show Melesio recorded 74 times among boys since 1926, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1926 to 2023.
- 74 total births
- 1926–2023 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 24% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Melesio's 74 recorded births place it above 57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melesio's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melesio's full recorded timeline at 1989, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1926, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1960 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melesio popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–2023
- Peak year (1960)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 98 years of records
Melesio by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Melesio's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Melesio births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
16 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 18 births (24% of all-time use).
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- Melesio's decade-level peak was the 1980s (18 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1926–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Melesio: Baby Name Since 1926 - 74 Births, Peak 1960." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/melesio. 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 Melesio 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.