Melton
Melton was last recorded in 2015, when 5 babies were given it; 4,235 Americans have been recorded with it between 1882 and 2015 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,620 Americans named Melton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (38% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 53 and 76.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Melton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Melton?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #13,378, in 2015; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
80 babies in 1921, the peak
Melton peaked in 1921, when 80 boys were given it, #742 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #13,378 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 5 | #13,373 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 5 | #13,398 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 5 | #13,586 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 5 | #13,803 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 7 | #10,507 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 9 | #8,079 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 5 | #12,574 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,627 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 7 | #9,067 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (124)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7 | #8,802 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,652 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,891 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,409 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,772 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 9 | #6,174 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 11 | #5,247 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 6 | #8,098 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,782 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,576 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,704 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,635 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,451 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,711 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 16 | #3,035 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,390 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,359 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,664 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,983 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,586 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,977 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 25 | #1,999 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 27 | #1,885 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,150 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,922 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 20 | #2,175 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,670 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 30 | #1,590 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 39 | #1,366 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 35 | #1,429 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 27 | #1,590 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 37 | #1,256 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,174 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 34 | #1,316 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,155 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 47 | #1,118 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 46 | #1,145 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 47 | #1,132 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,273 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 54 | #1,052 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 43 | #1,187 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 62 | #966 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 64 | #951 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 62 | #950 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 48 | #1,086 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 65 | #926 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 61 | #921 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 61 | #910 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 58 | #925 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 70 | #817 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 66 | #844 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 71 | #809 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 71 | #826 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 69 | #804 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 72 | #725 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 78 | #704 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 73 | #767 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 76 | #738 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 64 | #783 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 70 | #735 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 64 | #759 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 58 | #815 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 77 | #686 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 72 | #707 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 68 | #747 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 63 | #783 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 68 | #744 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 78 | #701 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 66 | #773 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 66 | #801 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 56 | #894 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 65 | #817 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 68 | #806 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 73 | #755 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 59 | #877 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 77 | #769 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 67 | #826 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 78 | #750 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 80 | #742 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 63 | #859 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 69 | #780 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 49 | #960 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 55 | #861 | 0.06 |
| 1916 | 63 | #777 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 51 | #867 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 33 | #980 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 33 | #845 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 32 | #775 | 0.07 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,252 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 22 | #631 | 0.11 |
| 1909 | 12 | #879 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 13 | #768 | 0.08 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,066 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,201 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 9 | #891 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 9 | #854 | 0.07 |
| 1903 | 8 | #889 | 0.07 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,252 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,021 | 0.06 |
| 1900 | 12 | #763 | 0.08 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,152 | 0.05 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,084 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 7 | #905 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,061 | 0.05 |
| 1895 | 8 | #841 | 0.07 |
| 1894 | 9 | #766 | 0.08 |
| 1893 | 6 | #987 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,034 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,057 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 15 | #517 | 0.12 |
| 1886 | 8 | #737 | 0.07 |
| 1884 | 7 | #822 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 8 | #705 | 0.08 |
| 1882 | 6 | #912 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Melton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Melton has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 124 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Melton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Melton, and how old are they?
1,620 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 38% of the 4,235 Americans ever recorded as Melton. The median Melton alive today is 66 years old; half are between 53 and 76.
The 2020 Census counted 1,784 people named Melton (19 women and girls, 1,765 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,947 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 245 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 713 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 396 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 179 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 68 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 15 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Melton born?
The states with the most babies named Melton are Texas, Georgia and North Carolina, with 56% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 644 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| Georgia | 195 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| North Carolina | 172 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Louisiana | 168 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| South Carolina | 145 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Mississippi | 136 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Alabama | 124 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Oklahoma | 102 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Arkansas | 50 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| California | 29 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Melton is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Melton is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 2.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Melton with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 4,671 babies since 1880, Melton is the most given (91% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Melton
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Melton and names like it
- Compare Melton and MelitonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMelton peaked in 1921.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Melton since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Melton.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Melton alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.