Menelik
#8,254 most common boys' name of all time · #20,806 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1980–2025
Rank among boys
#8,254
Rank overall
#20,806 of 105,966
First appeared
1980
Years on the list
41 of 146
All-time
401
Since 2016
141
Peak year
2020 #4,075
Best rank
#4,075 2020
Girls
Boys
peak 25/yr
Menelik first appears in 1980. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,974 |
| 2024 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,981 |
| 2023 | — | 15 | 15 | #6,044 |
| 2022 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,595 |
| 2021 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,168 |
| 2020 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,075 |
| 2019 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,176 |
| 2018 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,495 |
| 2017 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,187 |
| 2016 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,894 |
| 2015 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2014 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,074 |
| 2013 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,781 |
| 2012 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,425 |
| 2011 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,069 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,202 |
| 2009 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,047 |
| 2008 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,956 |
| 2007 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,836 |
| 2006 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,054 |
| 2005 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,506 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,473 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,204 |
| 2002 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,988 |
| 2001 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,039 |
| 2000 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,579 |
| 1999 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,672 |
| 1998 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,586 |
| 1997 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,705 |
| 1996 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,408 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,343 |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,416 |
| 1993 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,298 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,101 |
| 1991 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,011 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,901 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,016 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,686 |
| 1986 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,260 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,101 |
| 1980 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,932 |