boys:
356 births since 2012
#4230 (8th percentile)
overall:
356 births since 2012
#7383 (5th percentile)
The name Melo is the #7,383 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 356 recorded births since 2012. This represents the 4.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,230 (7.7% percentile) for all time with 356 births since 2012.
Melo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2012 (first recorded for boys in 2012).
For boys, Melo reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 6.3% percentile (ranked #866) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 34 births per million (ranked 6.3% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Melo ranks #861 for boys (5.5% percentile) with 30 births per million, which is 89.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Melo".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Melo. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Melo is pronounced as MEH-loh, which has 2 syllables.
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