How Many People Are Named Mel?
people named Mel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 125,333 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,201 babies named Mel in Social Security records from 1902 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
132 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of MELVIN, MELANIE, MELISSA, and other names beginning with Mel.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Mel, 15.8% were girls and 84.2% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Mel rose from 11.3% in the 1910s to 62.1% in the 2020s. It was lowest in the 1980s and 1990s, at 0%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mel alive today is about 53 years old, and 55% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 36 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mel first appears in the records in 1902 and was given most often in 1958, to 132 babies. In 2025, 27 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1902 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #688, in 1958. In 2025 it ranked #7,504. Among girls, its best rank was #2,893, in 1957.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,504 | #7,029 |
| Best rank | #688 (1958) | #2,893 (1957) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #798 in the 1950s | #9,075 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mel were born in California than in any other state: about 310 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mel was given 4.8 times as often in California, 2.9 times in New York and 2.4 times in Illinois.
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