Mellow — unisex name
33 babies named Mellow in U.S. Social Security records since 1939, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
70% of everyone ever named Mellow was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Mellow in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mellow
The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Mellow between 1939 and 2023, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mellow currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Mellow is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 21 additional births since 2021.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mellow performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mellow shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mellow 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 33 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.
Mellow at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mellow popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1939
- Peak year (2021)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 85 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
33 total births across 85 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 10 births in a single year.
Mellow popularity over time — boys
21 total births recorded since 2021 (Mellow as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Mellow accounts for 39% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mellow by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 23 births that decade — 70% of Mellow's all-time total
Mellow decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Mellow's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1939–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.