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

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Peak · boys
1889 · 8 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
342
since 1883

Mell over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #740, 1881peak #722, 1889girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2004#12,7617
2003#9,67110
2002#11,1088
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1963#5,8916#4,0485
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1960#3,0778
1959#3,6196
1958#2,50611
1957#3,9935
1956#2,7989
1955#4,7407
1954#3,1767
1953#5,6735#3,1437
1952#2,51410
1951#3,3646
1950
1949#3,2986
1948#3,0107
1947
1946#4,4176#3,5255
1945
1944#3,1096
1943#3,2316
1942#2,5239
1941#3,5055
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1937#3,1756
1936#3,5495
1935
1934#3,8026#1,93214
1933#3,0047
1932#2,8498
1931#2,20712
1930#4,5505#3,5926
1929#4,5705#3,9595
1928#4,1956#4,1515
1927#4,2866#2,70310
1926#3,2699#2,9049
1925#4,9735#2,9369
1924#3,6658
1923#3,9717#3,4677
1922#4,4456#2,34713
1921#3,6668#3,5177
1920#4,9755#2,45912
1919#3,4528#3,1158
1918#2,67412#2,26013
1917#3,9815
1916#2,65811#2,9268
1915#3,4347#2,6219
1914#3,1886
1913#2,8276#2,2737
1912#1,7469
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1895#1,0795
1894#1,1368
1893#1,4375
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1891#9635
1890#8846
1889#9508#7228
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1883#7996
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1881#7406
1880
First appearance
1883

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
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
  • Biggest drop: 162 spots in 1890 (#722#884)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1889 at #722 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1892, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1889–1891
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,823
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.5% of all boys named Mell (77) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1963
  • Mostly boys until 1962, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s14#722 (1889)#761
1890s16#884 (1890)#975
1900s0
1910s59#1,746 (1912)#2,703
1920s77#2,347 (1922)#3,160
1930s58#1,932 (1934)#2,901
1940s44#2,523 (1942)#3,172
1950s61#2,506 (1958)#3,139
1960s13#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 1890

boys
#884
6 births · 1 in 18,504 boys

Top boys' names in 1890

  1. #1John8,502
  2. #2William7,494
  3. #3James5,097
  4. #4George4,458
  5. #5Charles4,061
  6. #6Frank3,078
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Robert2,541
  9. #9Henry2,349
  10. #10Harry2,345
  11. #884Mell6
More about 1890

boys

111,024 boys got a published name in 1890; 1 in 18,504 of them was named Mell, which outranked 23.9% of the 1,161 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mell
  1. #814Wilton7
  2. #814Young7
  3. #814Zollie7
  4. #884Mell6
  5. #884Abb6
  6. #884Addie6
  7. #884Alpheus6
  8. #994Add5
  9. #994Adolfo5
  10. #994Alberto5

Tied with 109 names at #884; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. 463Hoyt#974#511
  2. 441Ebb#974#533
  3. 371Eva#974#603
  4. 371Perley#974#603
  5. 371Jimmy#974#603
Fallers
  1. 530Alvie#464#994
  2. 438Thornton#446#884
  3. 420Hezekiah#464#884
  4. 413Essie#581#994
  5. 413Clare#581#994

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1890