Melek
Quick answers about Melek
How many people are named Melek?
An estimated 573 living Americans are named Melek.
How rare is Melek?
Melek is very rare among babies today, with 35 girls receiving the name in 2025, down 64.3% from its 2022 peak.
How old is the typical Melek?
The median age of a living American named Melek is approximately 5 years, with most bearers falling between 3 and 11 years old.
Is Melek still popular?
Yes — Melek is currently rising in popularity, with 35 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 3.1× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Melek most common?
Melek has its strongest geographic signal in Texas, where it appears 2.2× more often than the national baseline.
Melek is most concentrated in Texas — about 2.2× the national rate in the 2020s. It also runs high in California.
States where Melek is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.