Mell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Mell

The Social Security Administration has registered 342 babies named Mell between 1883 and 1963, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Mell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 202 additional births since 1881.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Mell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mell 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 342 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.