Girls' name · since 1916
Melicent
55 babies named Melicent in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 55
- total births
- 1916–1970
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 31%
- born in that decade
Melicent is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 55 have been recorded since 1916.
Social Security Administration records show Melicent recorded 55 times among girls since 1916, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1970.
- 55 total births
- 1916–1970 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 31% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Melicent's 55 recorded births place it above 53% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melicent's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Melicent's SSA record in two at 1940 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1923, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1925 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Melicent popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1970
- Peak year (1925)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Melicent by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1920s was Melicent's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Melicent births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
17 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
17 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 17 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Melicent's decade-level peak was the 1920s (17 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- 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, 1916–1970 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Melicent: Baby Name Since 1916 - 55 Births, Peak 1925." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/melicent. 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 Melicent 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.