boy's name

Melchizedek

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 4
  • Letters 11
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 491

Melchizedek is a boy's name with 4 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 26 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2025, when 26 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 127,518 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1973.
  • 4 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Melchizedek over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Melchizedek by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 5
1980s 11
1990s 55
2000s 113
2010s 154
2020s (to 2025) 107

How popular is Melchizedek?

In 2025, Melchizedek was given to 26 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Melchizedek is used

Canada #3,740 5 in 2024
United States #4,128 26 in 2025
England & Wales #5,049 4 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Melchizedek

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Melchizedek also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Melchizedek over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Melchizedek

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Melchizedek — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Melchizedek

How popular is the name Melchizedek?

In 2025, Melchizedek was given to 26 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Melchizedek a girl's or a boy's name?

Melchizedek is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Melchizedek?

Melchizedek has 4 syllables.

When was Melchizedek most popular?

Melchizedek peaked in 2025, when 26 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Melchizedek a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Melchizedek currently ranks #3,740 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.