Melchor
#5,140 most common boys' name of all time · #12,749 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–2024
Rank among boys
#5,140
Rank overall
#12,749 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
97 of 146
All-time
894
Since 2016
43
Peak year
1992 #2,775
Best rank
#2,414 1950
Girls
Boys
peak 25/yr
Melchor first appears in 1917. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,097 |
| 2022 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,013 |
| 2021 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,944 |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,198 |
| 2019 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,988 |
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,432 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,368 |
| 2015 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2014 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,858 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,311 |
| 2012 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,957 |
| 2011 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,466 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,819 |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,154 |
| 2008 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,832 |
| 2007 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,568 |
| 2006 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,831 |
| 2005 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,237 |
| 2004 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,636 |
| 2003 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,325 |
| 2002 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,208 |
| 2001 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,524 |
| 2000 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,994 |
| 1999 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,817 |
| 1998 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,528 |
| 1997 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,018 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,270 |
| 1995 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,124 |
| 1994 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,135 |
| 1993 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1992 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,775 |
| 1991 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,063 |
| 1990 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,359 |
| 1989 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,510 |
| 1988 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,248 |
| 1987 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,405 |
| 1986 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,972 |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,314 |
| 1984 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,011 |
| 1983 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,293 |
| 1982 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,715 |
| 1981 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,106 |
| 1980 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,155 |
| 1979 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,943 |
| 1978 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,290 |
| 1977 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,290 |
| 1976 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,469 |
| 1974 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,201 |
| 1973 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,106 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,642 |
| 1971 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,138 |
| 1970 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,674 |
| 1969 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,190 |
| 1968 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,235 |
| 1967 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,561 |
| 1966 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,129 |
| 1965 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1963 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,214 |
| 1962 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1961 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,500 |
| 1960 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,801 |
| 1959 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1957 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,591 |
| 1956 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,592 |
| 1955 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,682 |
| 1953 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,066 |
| 1952 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,822 |
| 1951 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,414 |
| 1948 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,554 |
| 1947 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,473 |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,866 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,251 |
| 1944 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,448 |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,894 |
| 1942 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,169 |
| 1939 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,072 |
| 1938 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,135 |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,913 |
| 1935 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,209 |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,054 |
| 1933 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,016 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,165 |
| 1930 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,529 |
| 1929 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,210 |
| 1927 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,128 |
| 1926 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,562 |
| 1925 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,087 |
| 1923 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,941 |
| 1922 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,004 |
| 1921 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,819 |
| 1920 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,771 |
| 1917 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,530 |