Unisex name · since 1939
Mellow
Mellow has 38 recorded births since 1939 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #38,243 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,143 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 1939
- 2020s
- peak decade
38 babies have been named Mellow since 1939, making it today's #15143 unisex name.
Mellow has 38 recorded births among girls since 1939, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15143 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1939 to 2025.
- #38,243 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,143 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 38 born since 1939
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mellow ranks #38,243 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,143 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 38 born since 1939, peaking in the 2020s.
- #38,243 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,143 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 1939
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mellow's 38 recorded births place it above 46.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mellow compares
38 13th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Mellow's all-time total is 90% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mellow | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 38 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mellow's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mellow splits its recorded history at 2021: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1939 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mellow popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 87 years of records
Mellow popularity over time - boys
21 total births recorded since 2021 (Mellow as boys' name)
Mellow by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (28 births, 74% of the file).
2020s was Mellow's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Mellow births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 28 births (74% of all-time use).
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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, 1939–2025 (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 Mellow 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.