Meliton

Boys' name

Honey

Meliton has been given to 436 babies in the U.S. since 1913. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1932, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Meliton, 2012

1 in 732,000

Meliton over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Meliton: meaning, origin, and history

Honey

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Meliton means

Meliton means “honey”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Meliton is used in Ancient Greek and Georgian.

Origin, language, and formation

Meliton is used in Cebuano.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 436 boys were recorded with the name Meliton between 1913 and 2012. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1932; its best national rank was #1,894 in 1932.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Meliton?

Meliton had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2012, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2012: 1 in 732,000; 5 of 3,657,590 births
Among boys only: 1 in 379,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2012: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 507,051 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Meliton sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2012 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 507,051 children born in 2012 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Meliton. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Melitons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Meliton was born before 1948 — so the typical Meliton is around 77 today.

Median birth year: 1948; About 77 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 18.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 25.9%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 213; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 18.6% of all recorded uses (81).

Is Meliton rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1932 (16)
Years since peak: 93; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 37.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,894; 1932

Spellings of Meliton

Meliton is not the most common spelling — Milton is, with 68.7% against Meliton's 0.25%.

Milton68.7%117,936
Elton12.4%21,353
Kelton3.9%6,640
Felton3.8%6,588
Delton2.8%4,751
Merton2.5%4,247
Melton2.5%4,235
Welton1.5%2,594

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Meliton is used

Across 1910–2025, Meliton was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 259,548 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New Mexico1 in 100,000
2Texas1 in 100,000
3California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Meliton has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Meliton by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,894; 1932
Peak year: 1932; 16 that year
First recorded: 1913
Last recorded: 2012
All-time count: 436
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Meliton

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Melton Briston Melecio Hesston Marston Ariston Slayton Melburn Blanton Kolston Kriston Koleton Melinda Dreyton Everton Chaston Melanie Melik Holston Kempton Keaston Meliodas Wynston Melquan

Sibling names for Meliton

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Louella Billy Donald Ardith Roma Bobby Shirlee Joe

For a brother

Delano Talmadge Gaylord Franklyn Boyce Carrol Dudley Arlen

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