Melton
Last seen for boys in 2015 at #12,086
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,235since 1882
Melton over time
Rank among boys' names. Melton has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #2,942 | 16 |
| 1984 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #2,596 | 18 |
| 1981 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #2,536 | 19 |
| 1979 | #2,897 | 15 |
| 1978 | #1,965 | 25 |
| 1977 | #1,858 | 27 |
| 1976 | #2,113 | 22 |
| 1975 | #1,884 | 25 |
| 1974 | #2,129 | 20 |
| 1973 | #2,606 | 14 |
| 1972 | #1,566 | 30 |
| 1971 | #1,352 | 39 |
| 1970 | #1,416 | 35 |
| 1969 | #1,570 | 27 |
| 1968 | #1,250 | 37 |
| 1967 | #1,165 | 41 |
| 1966 | #1,299 | 34 |
| 1965 | #1,144 | 43 |
| 1964 | #1,114 | 47 |
| 1963 | #1,138 | 46 |
| 1962 | #1,121 | 47 |
| 1961 | #1,262 | 39 |
| 1960 | #1,045 | 54 |
| 1959 | #1,182 | 43 |
| 1958 | #962 | 62 |
| 1957 | #944 | 64 |
| 1956 | #946 | 62 |
| 1955 | #1,084 | 48 |
| 1954 | #918 | 65 |
| 1953 | #920 | 61 |
| 1952 | #907 | 61 |
| 1951 | #919 | 58 |
| 1950 | #814 | 70 |
| 1949 | #842 | 66 |
| 1948 | #802 | 71 |
| 1947 | #822 | 71 |
| 1946 | #799 | 69 |
| 1945 | #718 | 72 |
| 1944 | #702 | 78 |
| 1943 | #764 | 73 |
| 1942 | #737 | 76 |
| 1941 | #778 | 64 |
| 1940 | #729 | 70 |
| 1939 | #754 | 64 |
| 1938 | #814 | 58 |
| 1937 | #682 | 77 |
| 1936 | #698 | 72 |
| 1935 | #741 | 68 |
| 1934 | #779 | 63 |
| 1933 | #740 | 68 |
| 1932 | #697 | 78 |
| 1931 | #768 | 66 |
| 1930 | #797 | 66 |
| 1929 | #888 | 56 |
| 1928 | #814 | 65 |
| 1927 | #805 | 68 |
| 1926 | #749 | 73 |
| 1925 | #871 | 59 |
| 1924 | #759 | 77 |
| 1923 | #821 | 67 |
| 1922 | #748 | 78 |
| 1921 | #737 | 80 |
| 1920 | #853 | 63 |
| 1919 | #777 | 69 |
| 1918 | #949 | 49 |
| 1917 | #860 | 55 |
| 1916 | #771 | 63 |
| 1915 | #863 | 51 |
| 1914 | #967 | 33 |
| 1913 | #835 | 33 |
| 1912 | #765 | 32 |
| 1911 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | #621 | 22 |
| 1909 | #840 | 12 |
| 1908 | #744 | 13 |
| 1907 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | #810 | 9 |
| 1903 | #846 | 8 |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | #743 | 12 |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #505 | 15 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | #677 | 8 |
| 1882 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Melton! It came in at #837, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Melton is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#341 · 1 in 2,967
- Arkansas#395 · 1 in 3,243
- Georgia#456 · 1 in 4,873
- Texas#623 · 1 in 6,068
Best ever in a state: #255 in South Carolina, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #341 | 6 | 1 in 2,967 |
| Arkansas | #395 | 5 | 1 in 3,243 |
| Georgia | #456 | 6 | 1 in 4,873 |
| Texas | #623 | 7 | 1 in 6,068 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Melton
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Biggest jump: 425 spots in 1912 (#1,190 → #765)
- Biggest drop: 569 spots in 1911 (#621 → #1,190)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1888 at #505 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1912–1954
- Highest: 1 in 8,057 boys born in 1888 were named Melton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 383,349 boys born in 2015 (0.00%)
- 16.8% of all boys named Melton (710) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 49 | #505 (1888) | #742 |
| 1890s | 53 | #730 (1894) | #909 |
| 1900s | 88 | #743 (1900) | #901 |
| 1910s | 416 | #621 (1910) | #860 |
| 1920s | 686 | #737 (1921) | #805 |
| 1930s | 680 | #682 (1937) | #747 |
| 1940s | 710 | #702 (1944) | #769 |
| 1950s | 594 | #814 (1950) | #960 |
| 1960s | 415 | #1,045 (1960) | #1,211 |
| 1970s | 252 | #1,352 (1971) | #1,979 |
| 1980s | 142 | #2,536 (1980) | #3,332 |
| 1990s | 81 | #4,407 (1990) | #6,026 |
| 2000s | 49 | #7,245 (2003) | #9,312 |
| 2010s | 20 | #12,086 (2015) | #12,140 |
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.
Melton in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
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1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 20,683 of them was named Melton, which outranked 80.3% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).