Total births
29
Girls' name · since 1996
Melike
Melike has 29 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 29
- total births
- 1996–2017
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
29 girls have been named Melike since 1996, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Melike has 29 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2017.
- 29 total births
- 1996–2017 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 62% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
29 girls have been named Melike since 1996, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2017.
- 29
- total births
- 1996–2017
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade
62% of everyone ever named Melike was born in this single decade.
2017
Single peak year
8 babies were named Melike in 2017 - its busiest year on record.
Melike's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melike's full recorded timeline at 2012, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melike at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
2017
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1996
Melike popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2017
- Peak year (2017)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Melike by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Melike's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Melike births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 18 births (62% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Melike? ▼
29 babies have been named Melike since 1996. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2017 with 8 births.
When was Melike most popular? ▼
Melike was most popular in the 2010s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
How long has the name Melike been used? ▼
Records for Melike go back to 1996, giving 22 years of history through 2017.
What names are similar to Melike? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Melissa, Melanie, Melinda, Melody, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Melike
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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, 1996–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Melike: Baby Name Since 1996 - 29 Births, Peak 2017." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/melike. 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 Melike 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.