Melih — boys' name
41 babies named Melih in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
41 boys have been named Melih since 2007, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2017.
- 41
- total births
- 2007–2017
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 85%
- born in that decade
85% of everyone ever named Melih was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Melih in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Melih
The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Melih between 2007 and 2017, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Melih currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Melih performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Melih shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Melih in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 41 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Melih at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Melih popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2007
- Peak year (2007)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
41 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 6 births in a single year.
Melih by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 35 births that decade — 85% of Melih's all-time total
Melih decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Melih's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 85% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2007–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.