girls:
486 births since 1987
#5230 (8th percentile)
boys:
62 births since 1995
#4524 (1st percentile)
overall:
548 births since 1987
#7191 (7th percentile)
The name Melek is the #7,191 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 548 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 7.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,230 (8.5% percentile) for all time with 486 births since 1987. For boys, it ranks #4,524 (1.3% percentile) for all time with 62 births since 1995.
Melek first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (1987 for girls and 1995 for boys). Birth data for Melek is available in 22 out of the 37 years between 1987 and 2023 (20 years for girls and 10 years for boys). 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.
The name Melek has been given predominantly to girls, with 88.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Melek were girls.
For girls, Melek reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 9.8% percentile (ranked #844) with 54 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 55 births per million (ranked 9.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Melek ranks #895 for girls (5.5% percentile) with 33 births per million, which is 59.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Melek reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #798) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Melek".
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