Boys' name · since 1994
Melquisedec
Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 136 babies named Melquisedec, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,425 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,168 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 136
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
136 babies have been named Melquisedec since 1994, making it today's #11168 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melquisedec has been recorded 136 times among boys since 1994, currently ranked #11168 nationally and more common than 20% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #15,425 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,168 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 136 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melquisedec ranks #15,425 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,168 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 136 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,425 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,168 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 136
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Melquisedec's 136 recorded births place it above 66.04% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Melquisedec compares
136 31st 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
Melquisedec's all-time total is 63% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melquisedec | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 136 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Melquisedec's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Melquisedec splits its recorded history at 2011: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Melquisedec popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Melquisedec by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (43 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Melquisedec's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Melquisedec births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
19 births
- 2000s
2000s
43 births
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
- 2020s
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 43 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Melquisedec's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (43 total births) through the 2020s (33) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Melquisedec: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
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, 1994–2025 (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 Melquisedec 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.