Mell**
#6,921 most common boys' name of all time · #17,405 across all names · 63% male / 37% female · used 1881–2004 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#6,921
Rank overall
#17,405 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
544
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1918 #2,281
Best rank
#772 1889
Girls
Boys
peak 25/yr
Mell first appears in 1881. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 2003 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 2002 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1963 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #4,092 |
| 1960 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,109 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,654 |
| 1958 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,519 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1956 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,826 |
| 1955 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1954 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,210 |
| 1953 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,171 |
| 1952 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,535 |
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,400 |
| 1949 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 1948 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,045 |
| 1946 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #3,568 |
| 1944 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1943 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,262 |
| 1942 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,553 |
| 1941 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,551 |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,214 |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,599 |
| 1934 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #1,958 |
| 1933 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,029 |
| 1932 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,877 |
| 1931 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,232 |
| 1930 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #3,635 |
| 1929 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #4,005 |
| 1928 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #4,189 |
| 1927 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #2,731 |
| 1926 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #2,925 |
| 1925 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #2,967 |
| 1924 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1923 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #3,498 |
| 1922 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #2,369 |
| 1921 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #3,549 |
| 1920 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #2,473 |
| 1919 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #3,140 |
| 1918 | 12 | 13 | 25 | #2,281 |
| 1917 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,030 |
| 1916 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #2,953 |
| 1915 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #2,646 |
| 1914 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1913 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1912 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,771 |
| 1895 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,145 |
| 1894 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1893 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1891 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,039 |
| 1890 | — | 6 | 6 | #940 |
| 1889 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #772 |
| 1883 | — | 6 | 6 | #857 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | 6 | — |