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How popular is the name Melchior?
Births per year, rank history and how many Melchiors are alive today.
Melchior (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. The name peaked in 2024, when 3 babies were given the name, the 5120th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
The Melchior you are most likely to meet is around 1 years old. Half of all Melchiors born in England and Wales are between 2 and 9, and there are at least 26 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 Melchior - on average, only one in every 11,654 such rooms contains a Melchior.
How many babies are named Melchior each year?
Where does Melchior 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 Melchior most popular?
Melchior peaked in 2024, when 3 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Melchior?
At least 26 people named Melchior born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Melchior?
Most living Melchiors are between 2 and 9; the most common age is about 1.
Is Melchior becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.