How Many People Are Named Melton?
people named Melton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 205,523 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,235 babies named Melton in Social Security records from 1882 to 2015, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
80 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Melton in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Melton alive today is about 63 years old, and 62% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 53 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Melton first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1921, to 80 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2015.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2015
🏆 Rank History
Melton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #517, in 1888.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #517 (1888) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #775 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Melton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Melton were born in Texas than in any other state: about 229 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Melton was given 6.3 times as often in Texas, 4.7 times in Louisiana and 4.5 times in South Carolina.
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