Girls' name · since 1911
Melster
Melster has 10 recorded births since 1911 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1911 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 10
- total births
- 1911–1923
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
Melster sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 10 recorded since 1911.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melster has been recorded 10 times among girls since 1911, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1911 to 1923.
- 10 total births
- 1911–1923 years on record
- 1910s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Melster's 10 recorded births place it above 21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melster's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melster's full recorded timeline at 1923, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1911, with just 5 recorded births.
Melster popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–1923
- Peak year (1911)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Melster by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1910s was Melster's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Melster births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Melster's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1920s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1911–1923 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Melster: Baby Name Since 1911 - 10 Births, Peak 1911." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/melster. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Melster 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 July 2026.