Melton
Melton is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 517th, in 1888.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192180 births
- Best rank
- #517in 1888
- Since 1882
- 4,235people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,235 boys have been named Melton in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 80 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 80 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1942, and the 1940s alone account for 17%. It has spent 62 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Melton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 49 | |
| 1890s | 53 | |
| 1900s | 88 | |
| 1910s | 416 | |
| 1920s | 686 | |
| 1930s | 680 | |
| 1940s | 710 | |
| 1950s | 594 | |
| 1960s | 415 | |
| 1970s | 252 | |
| 1980s | 142 | |
| 1990s | 81 | |
| 2000s | 49 | |
| 2010s | 20 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Melton was the 742nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Melton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Boydpeak 1922
- Leroypeak 1924
- Laurencepeak 1952
- Lenardpeak 1925
- Ralphpeak 1921
- Carlpeak 1956
- Alvinpeak 1927
- Howardpeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.