Meilech
Boy · MAY-lekh · Hebrew
Meilech is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “king”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Meilech mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish form of Hebrew melech
“king”
Yiddish form of melech 'king', often short for Elimelech, as with the Hasidic master Rebbe Elimelech of Lizhensk.
- Say it
- MAY-lekh
Is Meilech a girl's or a boy's name?
Meilech is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meilech in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Meilech, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Meilech in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meilech in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
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