Boys' name · since 2007
Melih
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.
- 41
- total births
- 2007–2017
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 85%
- born in that decade
Melih sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 41 recorded since 2007.
Social Security Administration records show Melih recorded 41 times among boys since 2007, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2017.
- 41 total births
- 2007–2017 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 85% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Melih's 41 recorded births place it above 48% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melih's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Melih's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Melih popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2017
- Peak year (2007)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Melih by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Melih's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 85% of all-time use.
Melih births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 35 births (85% of all-time use).
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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, 2007–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Melih: Baby Name Since 2007 - 41 Births, Peak 2007." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/melih. 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 Melih 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.