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.

Melicent

#31,087 most common girls' name of all time · #50,184 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1916–1970

Rank among girls
#31,087
Rank overall
#50,184 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
10 of 146
All-time
55
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1925 #4,304
Best rank
#4,024 1943
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
192019401960

Melicent first appears in 1916. 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
1970 5 — 5 #8,251
1958 5 — 5 #6,407
1947 5 — 5 #5,598
1943 7 — 7 #4,024
1940 5 — 5 #4,724
1932 5 — 5 #4,793
1927 5 — 5 #5,238
1925 7 — 7 #4,304
1923 5 — 5 #5,388
1916 6 — 6 #4,369