Masculine dossier · first seen 1882

Melton

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Melton
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1921

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1882Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

4,235

Melton is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 80 boys were named Melton.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 4,235 Americans have been named Melton and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1882.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1921

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