Boys' name · since 2017
Meliodas
Meliodas has 164 recorded births since 2017 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,177 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,837 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 164
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Meliodas is the #5837 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 164 recorded since 2017.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meliodas has been recorded 164 times among boys since 2017, currently ranked #5837 nationally and more common than 58% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- #14,177 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,837 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 164 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meliodas ranks #14,177 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,837 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 164 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,177 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,837 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 164
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Meliodas's 164 recorded births place it above 68.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Meliodas compares
164 34th percentile among 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
Meliodas's all-time total is 56% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Meliodas | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 164 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 34 | 22,252 |
Meliodas's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Meliodas's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2018, with only 9 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Meliodas popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Meliodas by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (125 births, 76% of the file).
2020s was Meliodas's strongest decade.
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Meliodas births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 39
2010s
39 births
- 2020s
2020s
125 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 125 births (76% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Meliodas: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~8 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, 2017–2025 (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 Meliodas 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.