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.

Meliton

#7,886 most common boys' name of all time · #19,835 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1913–2012

Rank among boys
#7,886
Rank overall
#19,835 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
436
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1932 #1,911
Best rank
#1,911 1932
Girls Boys peak 16/yr
19201940196019802000

Meliton first appears in 1913. 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
2012 — 5 5 #12,375
2007 — 7 7 #9,882
2004 — 5 5 #11,482
2002 — 6 6 #9,485
2001 — 5 5 #10,691
2000 — 5 5 #10,474
1999 — 7 7 #7,955
1998 — 6 6 #8,577
1997 — 8 8 #6,691
1996 — 6 6 #8,072
1995 — 9 9 #5,980
1994 — 6 6 #7,883
1993 — 6 6 #7,754
1992 — 15 15 #3,951
1991 — 5 5 #8,402
1989 — 5 5 #8,056
1988 — 7 7 #5,869
1987 — 6 6 #6,217
1982 — 5 5 #6,544
1981 — 6 6 #5,599
1977 — 5 5 #6,016
1976 — 9 9 #3,814
1975 — 6 6 #4,936
1974 — 6 6 #4,764
1968 — 5 5 #4,317
1966 — 6 6 #3,680
1965 — 5 5 #4,081
1961 — 5 5 #4,265
1960 — 7 7 #3,468
1958 — 8 8 #3,142
1956 — 5 5 #4,109
1955 — 8 8 #3,080
1950 — 8 8 #2,905
1948 — 11 11 #2,402
1947 — 10 10 #2,605
1946 — 7 7 #3,060
1945 — 8 8 #2,679
1942 — 5 5 #3,762
1941 — 5 5 #3,730
1940 — 8 8 #2,782
1937 — 8 8 #2,824
1934 — 8 8 #2,896
1932 — 16 16 #1,911
1931 — 15 15 #1,986
1929 — 9 9 #2,907
1928 — 5 5 #4,351
1927 — 9 9 #3,046
1926 — 10 10 #2,840
1925 — 9 9 #3,069
1924 — 5 5 #4,533
1923 — 10 10 #2,884
1922 — 8 8 #3,390
1921 — 9 9 #3,100
1920 — 7 7 #3,638
1919 — 12 12 #2,480
1918 — 8 8 #3,235
1916 — 6 6 #3,678
1914 — 8 8 #2,599
1913 — 7 7 #2,473