Meaning and history
Mel is a short form of Melvin, Melanie, Melissa, and other names beginning with Mel.
20062006: 12 births, rank #9,286
2007: 10 births, rank #10,818
2008: 8 births, rank #12,579
2009: 5 births, rank #17,294
2010: 5 births, rank #16,992
20112011: no US SSA record for this spelling
2012: 6 births, rank #14,962
2013: 7 births, rank #13,150
2014: 5 births, rank #16,513
2015: 8 births, rank #11,835
20162016: 11 births, rank #9,411
2017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: 5 births, rank #15,682
2019: 18 births, rank #6,414
2020: 15 births, rank #7,212
20212021: 10 births, rank #9,562
2022: 16 births, rank #6,984
2023: 16 births, rank #6,922
2024: 17 births, rank #6,642
20252025: 16 births, rank #6,838
Mel moved from #924 to #925 for boys between 1965 and 1966. Its highest annual birth count came in 1958, with 120 births.