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How popular is the name Mel?
Births per year, rank history and how many Mels are alive today.
Mel (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2004 (ranked 3009th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since.
The Mel you are most likely to meet is around 21 years old. Half of all Mels born in England and Wales are between 18 and 32, and there are at least 60 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Mel - on average, only one in every 5,050 such rooms contains a Mel.
How many babies are named Mel each year?
Where does Mel rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Mel most popular?
Mel peaked in 2004, when 4 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Mel?
At least 60 people named Mel born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Mel?
Most living Mels are between 18 and 32; the most common age is about 21.
Is Mel becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.