Melecio

Popularity Trends

The name Melecio is the #7,293 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 446 recorded births since 1919. This represents the 5.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,140 (9.7% percentile) for all time with 446 births since 1919.

Melecio first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1919 (first recorded for boys in 1919). Birth data for Melecio is available in 60 out of the 99 years between 1919 and 2017. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Melecio reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #653) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1931, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2017.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Melecio".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

446

Peak Births

Peak Year

1972

First Recorded

1919

Peak Percentile

1.2%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#653

Current Rank

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Male statistics

Names That Sound Similar

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Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Melecio", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Melecio.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Melecio's popularity from 1916 to 2020 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Melecio at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Melecio range from Olegario at 58.9% correlation to Reymundo at 54.3% correlation, with an average correlation level of 55.9%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Ramon with 77.4K births (99% boys) and the least popular is Olegario with 408 births (100% boys).

Melecio's share of births peaked at 9.3 births per million for boys in 1972. It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (25% of peak) in 1960. In 2017, the most recent period with data, the name Melecio had 3 births per million, 32% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Olegario

408

58.86% (moderate)

Melchor

886

57.78% (moderate)

Rodolfo

33.6k

56.81% (moderate)

Virgilio

1,461

56.62% (moderate)

Salvador

49.1k

56.03% (moderate)

Ramon

77.4k

55.93% (moderate)

Fransisco

3,046

55.40% (moderate)

Fortino

782

55.15% (moderate)

Ector

783

55.08% (moderate)

Lavell

3,261

54.64% (moderate)

Arnulfo

6,270

54.56% (moderate)

Reymundo

4,254

54.32% (moderate)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Melecio

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Melecio. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 68.8% confident that Melecio is pronounced as meh-LEH-see-oh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-LEH-see-oh, at 12.5% confidence, with 4 syllables.

68.8%

12.5%

9.4%

9.4%

meh-LEH-see-oh (4 syllables)

68.8% confidence

M EH0 L EH1 S IY0 OW0

muh-LEH-see-oh (4 syllables)

12.5% confidence

M AH0 L EH1 S IY0 OW0

meh-LAY-see-oh (4 syllables)

9.4% confidence

M EH0 L EY1 S IY0 OW0

meh-LEE-see-oh (4 syllables)

9.4% confidence

M EH0 L IY1 S IY0 OW0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like M EH0 L EH1 S IY0 OW0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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