Mell
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #12,761 · Last seen for boys in 1963 at #4,048
Given to boys 62.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1889 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 342since 1883
Mell over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | — | |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | — | |
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| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #4,048 | 5 |
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| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,506 | 11 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,798 | 9 | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | — | |
| 1954 | — | #3,176 | 7 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | — | #2,514 | 10 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,364 | 6 | |
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| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
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| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #3,525 | 5 |
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| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
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| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #1,932 | 14 |
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,849 | 8 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
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| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
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| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | #950 | 8 | #722 | 8 |
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| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
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| 1881 | #740 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Mell! It came in at #799, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1888, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Mell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
- Biggest drop: 162 spots in 1890 (#722 → #884)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1889 at #722 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1892, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1889–1891
- Highest: 1 in 13,823 boys born in 1889 were named Mell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 406,216 boys born in 1963 (0.00%)
- 22.5% of all boys named Mell (77) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1962, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 14 | #722 (1889) | #761 |
| 1890s | 16 | #884 (1890) | #975 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 59 | #1,746 (1912) | #2,703 |
| 1920s | 77 | #2,347 (1922) | #3,160 |
| 1930s | 58 | #1,932 (1934) | #2,901 |
| 1940s | 44 | #2,523 (1942) | #3,172 |
| 1950s | 61 | #2,506 (1958) | #3,139 |
| 1960s | 13 | #3,077 (1960) | #3,563 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mell in 1889
Top girls' names in 1889
Top boys' names in 1889
More about 1889
girls
178,366 girls got a published name in 1889; 1 in 22,296 of them was named Mell, which outranked 35.8% of the 1,479 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 13,823 of them was named Mell, which outranked 35.0% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).