Boys' name · since 1976
Melik
495 babies named Melik in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,937 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,984 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 495
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
495 babies have been named Melik since 1976, making it today's #10984 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melik has been recorded 495 times among boys since 1976, currently ranked #10984 nationally and more common than 21% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #7,937 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,984 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 495 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melik ranks #7,937 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,984 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 495 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,937 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,984 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 495
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Melik's 495 recorded births place it above 82.54% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Melik compares
495 Top 44% higher than 56% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Melik's all-time total is 34% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melik | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 495 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 34 | 22,252 |
Melik's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Melik splits its recorded history at 2008: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1976 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 33 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Melik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Melik by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (182 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Melik's strongest decade.
182 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Melik births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
157 births
- 2000s
2000s
182 births
- 2010s
2010s
90 births
- 2020s 61
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 182 births (37% of all-time use).
Melik by state
Where Melik concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 3.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 10 | 2.0% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 6 | 1.2% |
15 of 495 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Melik's data
- Melik's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (182 total births) through the 2020s (61) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Meliks (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Melik: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1976–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Melik 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 August 2026.