Melo Boy
How popular is Melo?
#2,284 boy name in 2025
61 baby boys were named Melo in the US in 2025, making it the 2284th most popular boy name.
Melo popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,284 for boys (▼ 74 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 61 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+307% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,742 in 2015, #2,845 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (65 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,210 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 2012 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Melo counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Melo family of names ranked #1,700 for boys in 2025 (#1,670 the year before), with 75 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Melo | 61 | 81% |
| Mello | 14 | 19% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Melo is most popular
Babies named Melo per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (23 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Melo by decade
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Questions
- Is Melo a boy or girl name?
- Melo is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Melo were boys.
- How popular is the name Melo?
- 61 baby boys were named Melo in the US in 2025, making it the 2284th most popular boy name.
- When was Melo most popular?
- Melo peaked in 2024, when 65 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,210 in 2024.
- How many people are named Melo?
- 482 babies have been named Melo in the US since 1880. We estimate about 480 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 4.
- Where is Melo most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Melo was most common in Florida, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.