Girls' name · since 2002
Mely
84 babies named Mely in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,138 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,054 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 84
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mely currently ranks #14054 among girls' names in America, with 84 babies recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mely has been recorded 84 times among girls since 2002, currently ranked #14054 nationally and more common than 19% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #29,138 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,054 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 84 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mely ranks #29,138 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,054 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 84 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #29,138 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,054 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 84
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mely's 84 recorded births place it above 59.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mely compares
84 22nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Mely's all-time total is 78% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mely | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 84 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mely's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mely splits its recorded history at 2018: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mely popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Mely by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (51 births, 61% of the file).
2010s was Mely's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Mely births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 51 births (61% of all-time use).
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What to do with Mely's data
- Mely's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (51 total births) through the 2020s (23) -- 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 Mely: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2002–2025 (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 Mely 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.