Mell

Boy · recorded 1883–1963

  • 1963last recorded
  • 1889best year

Most popular in 1889.

Last recorded in 1963. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Mell.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1883

0367218831903192319431963

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 45 recorded years as a table
Mell, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188357
188972
189054
189149
189543
191221
191314
191511
19169
19175
191813
19198
192011
19216
192212
19236
19258
19268
19279
19285
19295
19305
193112
19328
19337
193414
19365
19376
19414
19427
19434
19444
19463
19484
19493
19513
19525
19534
19543
19564
19572
19585
19593
19604
19632

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Mell isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1963
5
Rank in 1963
#4,048
How rare
1 in 406,215 boys
Since 1883
342

Mell was last recorded in 1963. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1889, at 72 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Mell doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.