Is Melchor a boy or girl name?

Melchor is a boy’s name. Of the 894 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Melchor

Recorded 1917–2024 · United States

Melchor was most popular in 1992, when 25 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,617 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 894 people named Melchor.

Melchor over time

Births per year. The dot marks Melchor’s peak in 1992. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Melchor a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Melchor is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 894 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Melchor

Where Melchor is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org