Melquiades — boys' name

What the Data Says About Melquiades

The Social Security Administration has registered 181 babies named Melquiades between 1924 and 2022, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Melquiades currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melquiades performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Melquiades shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Melquiades in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melquiades 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 181 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.