First Name MEL

 

National Statistics

Summary

  • MEL is ranked as the 1157th most popular given name in the United States with an estimated population of 26,852.
  • This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0% of all the first names are more popular.
  • There are 8.42 people named MEL for every 100,000 Americans.
  • This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
  • Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's (SSA) Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named MEL is 2,985.
  • The SSA data also shows that MEL is used as a boy's name 91% of the time.

First Names MEL
National Statistics

MyNameStats statistics:

  • Population Est. 26,852 +/-2.2%
  • National Rank 1,157
  • Percentile Rank 1.00
  • Proportion/100k 8.4

SSA Baby Name statistics:

  • Population Estimate 2,985
  • National Rank 4,339
  • Percentile Rank 95.31%
  • Proportion/100k 0.94

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Race and Ethnicity

Summary

The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name MEL is 70.9% White, 7.6% Hispanic origin, 10.0% Black, 9.3% Asian or Pacific Islander, 1.6% Two or More Races, and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native. These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate. The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution in the general population of the US.

The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name. The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population. The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.

On this basis, the people with the name MEL have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.

Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories

The first name MEL is included in the following name categories:
  • Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
  • US unisex baby name - Social Security Administration
  • Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
  • Spanish hypocoristics masculine given name

Race & Hispanic origin distribution
of the people with the name MEL

Race or Hisp. origin % people named % general pop. % diff.
White 70.9% 63.9% 7.0%
Hispanic origin 7.6% 16.3% -8.7%
Black 10.0% 12.3% -2.3%
Asian or Pacific Islander 9.3% 4.9% 4.4%
Two or more races 1.6% 1.8% -0.2%
American Indian or Alaskan Native 0.6% 0.7% -0.1%
 

State Statistics for Popularity and Rank

Summary

  • The state with the most people named MEL is California where 5,318 people have this name.
  • Hawaii is the state where you are most likely to meet a person named MEL, as 30.54 in every 100,000 Hawaiians have this name.
  • Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is 99th, this rank was reached in the states of California.
  • Hawaii is the state with the biggest positive difference between the actual state population and the projected state population based on the national average. (where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line) with a difference of 1 more people than projected.
  • The state with the biggest negative difference is Mississippi (where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line) with a difference of 5 fewer people than projected.
Midwest State Statistics First-Names MEL State Population Proportion/100k Percentile Illinois 612 4.75 97.1% Indiana 319 4.83 95.4% Iowa 294 9.45 96.3% Kansas 323 11.14 94.2% Michigan 569 5.74 98.3% Minnesota 448 8.2 97.4% Missouri 80 2.66 89.8% Nebraska 204 10.83 92.4% North Dakota 56 7.61 79.8% Ohio 604 5.21 97.0% South Dakota 62 7.26 80.3% Wisconsin 461 8 97.3%

Midwest States
State stats for the first name MEL

State Pop. Prop/100k %Rank
Illinois 612 4.75 97.1%
Indiana 319 4.83 95.4%
Iowa 294 9.45 96.3%
Kansas 323 11.14 94.2%
Michigan 569 5.74 98.3%
Minnesota 448 8.2 97.4%
Missouri 80 2.66 89.8%
Nebraska 204 10.83 92.4%
North Dakota 56 7.61 79.8%
Ohio 604 5.21 97.0%
South Dakota 62 7.26 80.3%
Wisconsin 461 8 97.3%
West State Statistics First-Names MEL State Population Proportion/100k Percentile Alaska 64 8.65 78.6% Arizona 880 13.07 96.7% California 5,318 13.7 99.2% Colorado 385 7.19 95.4% Hawaii 433 30.54 97.1% Idaho 211 12.9 91.9% Montana 157 15.33 89.2% Nevada 312 10.98 94.6% New Mexico 227 10.86 91.6% Oregon 468 11.78 95.7% Utah 298 10.13 93.6% Washington 1,021 14.46 98.3% Wyoming 75 12.77 82.8%

West States
State stats for the first name MEL

State Pop. Prop/100k %Rank
Alaska 64 8.65 78.6%
Arizona 880 13.07 96.7%
California 5,318 13.7 99.2%
Colorado 385 7.19 95.4%
Hawaii 433 30.54 97.1%
Idaho 211 12.9 91.9%
Montana 157 15.33 89.2%
Nevada 312 10.98 94.6%
New Mexico 227 10.86 91.6%
Oregon 468 11.78 95.7%
Utah 298 10.13 93.6%
Washington 1,021 14.46 98.3%
Wyoming 75 12.77 82.8%
Northeast State Statistics First-Names MEL State Population Proportion/100k Percentile Connecticut 518 14.4 96.7% Maine 265 19.91 92.3% Massachusetts 1,022 15.15 97.4% New Hampshire 346 26.06 94.2% New Jersey 980 10.96 97.8% New York 1,604 8.12 98.8% Pennsylvania 491 3.84 96.8% Rhode Island 64 6.05 87.2% Vermont 35 5.63 85.1%

Northeast States
State stats for the first name MEL

State Pop. Prop/100k %Rank
Connecticut 518 14.4 96.7%
Maine 265 19.91 92.3%
Massachusetts 1,022 15.15 97.4%
New Hampshire 346 26.06 94.2%
New Jersey 980 10.96 97.8%
New York 1,604 8.12 98.8%
Pennsylvania 491 3.84 96.8%
Rhode Island 64 6.05 87.2%
Vermont 35 5.63 85.1%
South State Statistics First-Names MEL State Population Proportion/100k Percentile Alabama 213 4.38 94.6% Arkansas 199 6.69 93.4% Delaware 46 4.94 91.6% Dist. of Columbia 51 7.74 89.7% Florida 1,974 9.92 99.0% Georgia 513 5.08 97.2% Kentucky 169 3.82 92.7% Louisiana 161 3.46 93.0% Maryland 400 6.7 97.0% Mississippi 80 2.66 89.8% North Carolina 558 5.61 97.8% Oklahoma 342 8.82 94.8% South Carolina 216 4.47 94.4% Tennessee 227 3.47 95.2% Texas 2,145 7.96 98.9% Virginia 458 5.5 96.7% West Virginia 91 4.91 85.9%

South States
State stats for the first name MEL

State Pop. Prop/100k %Rank
Alabama 213 4.38 94.6%
Arkansas 199 6.69 93.4%
Delaware 46 4.94 91.6%
Dist. of Columbia 51 7.74 89.7%
Florida 1,974 9.92 99.0%
Georgia 513 5.08 97.2%
Kentucky 169 3.82 92.7%
Louisiana 161 3.46 93.0%
Maryland 400 6.7 97.0%
Mississippi 80 2.66 89.8%
North Carolina 558 5.61 97.8%
Oklahoma 342 8.82 94.8%
South Carolina 216 4.47 94.4%
Tennessee 227 3.47 95.2%
Texas 2,145 7.96 98.9%
Virginia 458 5.5 96.7%
West Virginia 91 4.91 85.9%
 

Full Names with MEL as a First Name

Summary

Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have MEL as a first name. The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as a percentage of all the people named MEL.

The most popular full name is MEL Chen. 0.69% of all the people named MEL have this family name.

There are 3894 last names associated with this first name.

Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name MEL

Rank Full Name % of pop
1 MEL Chen 0.69%
2 MEL Johnson 0.62%
3 MEL Smith 0.54%
4 MEL Lee 0.52%
5 MEL Williams 0.45%
6 MEL Jones 0.40%
7 MEL Li 0.36%
8 MEL Brown 0.33%
9 MEL Wang 0.31%
10 MEL Lin 0.29%
11 MEL Anderson 0.28%
12 MEL Miller 0.28%
13 MEL Liu 0.26%
14 MEL Wong 0.26%
15 MEL Wu 0.26%
16 MEL Hall 0.24%
17 MEL Chan 0.22%
18 MEL Martin 0.22%
19 MEL Taylor 0.22%
20 MEL Allen 0.21%