Meliton
- Last seen for boys in 2012 at #12,274
- Peak · boys
- 1932 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 436since 1913
Meliton over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Meliton has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #3,920 | 15 |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #1,927 | 15 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #2,772 | 10 |
| 1922 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Meliton! It came in at #2,273, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Meliton is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Meliton in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1932 at #1,848 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 65,260
- Highest: 1 in 65,260 boys born in 1932 were named Meliton (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 379,389 boys born in 2012 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 18.6% of all boys named Meliton (81) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 41 | #2,273 (1913) | #2,745 |
| 1920s | 81 | #2,725 (1926) | #3,234 |
| 1930s | 47 | #1,848 (1932) | #2,299 |
| 1940s | 54 | #2,326 (1948) | #2,865 |
| 1950s | 29 | #2,770 (1950) | #3,177 |
| 1960s | 28 | #3,337 (1960) | #3,801 |
| 1970s | 26 | #3,724 (1976) | #4,750 |
| 1980s | 29 | #5,468 (1981) | #6,320 |
| 1990s | 68 | #3,920 (1992) | #7,159 |
| 2000s | 28 | #9,392 (2002) | #10,288 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,274 (2012) | #12,274 |
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.
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