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Name meaning & stats

Mel

Mel. 3,539 US babies since 1940, peak 1958.

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What it means

No agreed meaning on record

In US birth records

Peak year: 1958

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3,539 US babies were named Mel between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Mel (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

Mel is the main spelling

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1958)