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NAMES LIKE MEL
Same rise and fall as Mel, around the same years.
WHERE MEL IS POPULAR · 2024
Fewer than 5 babies were named Mel in any single state in 2024, so no state lists it.
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MARKET MOVERS · 10 YEARS
Mel name popularity
Mel has been given to 4,201 babies in the United States since 1902.
It peaked in 1958, when 132 babies got the name, and its best rank was #1,485 in 1947.
In 2025, 27 babies were named Mel (#8,448 in the country), 80% below the peak. That is up 238% from 2015.
About 12% of babies named Mel were girls and 88% were boys.
An estimated 3K people named Mel are alive in the US today, with a median age of 64.
HOW IT WORKS
The chart is the number of US babies given the name each year, from the Social Security Administration’s public baby-name files (names given to 5+ babies in a year). The “all-time high” is the name’s biggest year. “Holders” and “median holder age” are rough estimates that apply average US survival rates to each birth year, so they ignore immigration and name changes.
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