Melicent
Melicent is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Melicent
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Melicent is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Melicent
The earliest SSA record of Melicent as a baby girl name dates back to 1916, when 6 babies received it. 1925 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Melicent — #4,027 in the national rankings. About 31% of every Melicent on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Melicent last appeared in the published SSA data in 1970, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 55 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Melicent
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Melicent. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Melicent
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About the name Melicent
Melicent is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 55 births in the dataset. Melicent's peak popularity came in 1925 when it ranked #4,027. Use the chart and map above to compare Melicent's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.