Boys' name · since 1996
Meliek
Meliek has 21 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 21
- total births
- 1996–2007
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 71%
- born in that decade
21 boys have been named Meliek since 1996, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meliek has been recorded 21 times among boys since 1996, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2007.
- 21 total births
- 1996–2007 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 71% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Meliek's 21 recorded births place it above 36% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Meliek's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Meliek's full recorded timeline at 1997, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Meliek popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2007
- Peak year (1996)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Meliek by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Meliek's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Meliek births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 15 births (71% of all-time use).
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- Meliek's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 2000s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1996–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Meliek: Baby Name Since 1996 - 21 Births, Peak 1996." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/meliek. 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 Meliek 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.