Melton — boys' name

What the Data Says About Melton

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,235 babies named Melton between 1882 and 2015, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Melton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 80 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melton performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 710 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Melton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 648 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Melton in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melton 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 4,235 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.