Mechel**
#9,596 most common boys' name of all time · #24,268 across all names · 77% male / 23% female · used 1960–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#9,596
Rank overall
#24,268 of 105,966
First appeared
1960
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
301
Since 2016
123
Peak year
2018 #5,154
Best rank
#4,545 1960
Girls
Boys
peak 18/yr
Mechel first appears in 1960. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,301 |
| 2024 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,912 |
| 2023 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,287 |
| 2022 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,222 |
| 2021 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,990 |
| 2020 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,078 |
| 2019 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,757 |
| 2018 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,154 |
| 2017 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,129 |
| 2016 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,970 |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,772 |
| 2014 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,706 |
| 2013 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,259 |
| 2012 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,690 |
| 2011 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,087 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,899 |
| 2008 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,479 |
| 2006 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2005 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,817 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,855 |
| 2000 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,679 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,368 |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,198 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,666 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1985 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1979 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1978 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1970 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1969 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1967 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1966 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1964 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1963 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1962 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1960 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #4,545 |