Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Mel*

#1,957 most common boys' name of all time · #4,721 across all names · 88% male / 12% female · used 1902–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,957
Rank overall
#4,721 of 105,966
First appeared
1902
Years on the list
118 of 146
All-time
4,201
Since 2016
214
Peak year
1958 #689
Best rank
#689 1958
Girls Boys peak 132/yr
192019401960198020002020

Mel first appears in 1902. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 16 11 27 #7,219
2024 17 9 26 #8,353
2023 16 10 26 #7,767
2022 16 9 25 #8,349
2021 10 9 19 #8,208
2020 15 7 22 #9,602
2019 18 7 25 #9,802
2018 5 10 15 #7,650
2017 — 6 6 #10,854
2016 11 12 23 #6,755
2015 8 — 8 —
2014 5 6 11 #10,790
2013 7 7 14 #9,726
2012 6 5 11 #12,341
2011 — 10 10 #7,542
2010 5 11 16 #7,112
2009 5 7 12 #9,915
2008 8 13 21 #6,416
2007 10 14 24 #5,924
2006 12 18 30 #4,880
2005 14 11 25 #6,670
2004 30 16 46 #5,036
2003 18 22 40 #3,856
2002 21 12 33 #5,754
2001 — 12 12 #5,696
2000 — 12 12 #5,616
1999 — 17 17 #4,187
1998 — 11 11 #5,498
1997 — 12 12 #4,993
1996 — 21 21 #3,309
1995 — 14 14 #4,313
1994 — 12 12 #4,843
1993 — 13 13 #4,479
1992 — 12 12 #4,601
1991 — 13 13 #4,262
1990 — 16 16 #3,640
1989 — 17 17 #3,352
1988 — 13 13 #3,740
1987 — 13 13 #3,554
1986 — 9 9 #4,516
1985 — 10 10 #4,097
1984 — 11 11 #3,745
1983 — 11 11 #3,677
1982 — 19 19 #2,537
1981 — 14 14 #3,070
1980 — 26 26 #2,072
1979 — 16 16 #2,799
1978 — 22 22 #2,154
1977 — 17 17 #2,591
1976 5 31 36 #1,684
1975 — 32 32 #1,610
1974 — 27 27 #1,755
1973 — 20 20 #2,072
1972 — 35 35 #1,445
1971 — 30 30 #1,609
1970 — 36 36 #1,404
1969 — 47 47 #1,141
1968 — 35 35 #1,300
1967 — 51 51 #1,022
1966 — 63 63 #922
1965 6 65 71 #923
1964 9 82 91 #841
1963 7 64 71 #944
1962 17 79 96 #853
1961 13 102 115 #766
1960 17 98 115 #770
1959 12 94 106 #792
1958 12 120 132 #689
1957 17 90 107 #792
1956 12 93 105 #767
1955 8 69 77 #896
1954 5 84 89 #787
1953 12 94 106 #742
1952 9 78 87 #797
1951 5 54 59 #959
1950 — 67 67 #835
1949 7 70 77 #818
1948 — 71 71 #811
1947 6 98 104 #701
1946 — 86 86 #701
1945 — 67 67 #751
1944 6 59 65 #819
1943 5 71 76 #777
1942 — 80 80 #720
1941 — 62 62 #805
1940 — 67 67 #756
1939 7 52 59 #852
1938 5 61 66 #797
1937 — 43 43 #963
1936 — 43 43 #947
1935 — 26 26 #1,347
1934 5 40 45 #1,033
1933 5 20 25 #1,568
1932 — 31 31 #1,233
1931 — 21 21 #1,575
1930 — 18 18 #1,792
1929 — 11 11 #2,507
1928 — 14 14 #2,215
1927 6 24 30 #1,586
1926 — 25 25 #1,496
1925 — 12 12 #2,499
1924 5 12 17 #2,540
1923 — 13 13 #2,377
1922 — 19 19 #1,861
1921 — 7 7 #3,602
1920 — 14 14 #2,279
1919 6 14 20 #2,210
1918 — 16 16 #2,038
1917 — 8 8 #3,024
1916 6 13 19 #2,202
1915 — 13 13 #2,126
1914 — 10 10 #2,194
1913 — 5 5 #2,955
1912 — 5 5 #2,662
1911 — 10 10 #1,175
1904 — 7 7 #1,057
1903 — 5 5 #1,291
1902 — 5 5 #1,311