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Baby name
Mel
Girl Boy
12% girls / 88% boys
Origin of the name
Mel is a short form of names such as Melvin, Melanie or Melissa.
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Classic name
3,693births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 687rank at its peak, in 1958
Where babies named Mel are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Mel is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Mel is most common in California (4.4 times) and New York (3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Rising name
508births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 4488rank at its peak, in 2004
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0% | 100% |
| 1910s | 11% | 89% |
| 1920s | 7% | 93% |
| 1930s | 6% | 94% |
| 1940s | 3% | 97% |
| 1950s | 10% | 90% |
| 1960s | 9% | 91% |
| 1970s | 2% | 98% |
| 1980s | 0% | 100% |
| 1990s | 0% | 100% |
| 2000s | 46% | 54% |
| 2010s | 47% | 53% |
| 2020s | 62% | 38% |