Methel — girls' name
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.
The verdict
20 girls have been named Methel since 1917, peaking in the 1910s, last recorded in 1920.
- 20
- total births
- 1917–1920
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 75%
- born in that decade
75% of everyone ever named Methel was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Methel in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Methel
The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Methel between 1917 and 1920, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Methel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1920. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Methel performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Methel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Methel 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 20 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.
Methel at a glance
Last recorded 1920Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Methel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1917
- Peak year (1917)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1920.
20 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 8 births in a single year.
Methel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 15 births that decade — 75% of Methel's all-time total
Methel decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Methel's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–1920 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.