Unisex name · since 2019
Mello
Since 2019, U.S. Social Security records show 78 babies named Mello, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,105 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,424 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 78
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Mello is the #6424 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 78 recorded since 2019.
Social Security Administration records show Mello recorded 78 times among boys since 2019, holding rank #6424 nationally today, ahead of 54% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2019 to 2025.
- #19,105 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,424 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 78 born since 2019
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mello ranks #19,105 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,424 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 78 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,105 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,424 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 78
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mello's 78 recorded births place it above 57.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mello compares
78 22nd 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
Mello's all-time total is 79% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mello | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 78 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Mello's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mello splits its recorded history at 2022: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2019 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mello popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Mello popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 2023 (Mello as girls' name)
Mello by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (73 births, 94% of the file).
2020s was Mello's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 94% of all-time use.
Mello births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
73 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 73 births (94% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mello: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2019–2025 (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 Mello 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.