Melroy — boys' name
171 babies named Melroy in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Melroy was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Melroy in 1935 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Melroy
The Social Security Administration has registered 171 babies named Melroy between 1916 and 1963, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Melroy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Melroy performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Melroy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Melroy in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Melroy 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 171 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.
Melroy at a glance
Last recorded 1963Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Melroy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1916
- Peak year (1935)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1963.
171 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1935 with 14 births in a single year.
Melroy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 85 births that decade — 50% of Melroy's all-time total
Melroy decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Melroy's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Melroy by state
Where Melroy concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 2.9% of nationwide
- Texas 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 2.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1916–1963 (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.