Girls' name · since 1917
Methel
20 babies named Methel in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 20
- total births
- 1917–1920
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 75%
- born in that decade
Methel is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 20 have been recorded since 1917.
Social Security Administration records show Methel recorded 20 times among girls since 1917, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1920.
- 20 total births
- 1917–1920 years on record
- 1910s peak decade
- 75% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Methel's 20 recorded births place it above 36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Methel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Methel splits its recorded history at 1919: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1920 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1917 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Methel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1920
- Peak year (1917)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Methel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1910s was Methel's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Methel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
15 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 15 births (75% of all-time use).
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- Methel's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (15 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, 1917–1920 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Methel: Baby Name Since 1917 - 20 Births, Peak 1917." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/methel. 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 Methel 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.