Melchizedek
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mel-KIZ-uh-dek
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,049 for boys
Melchizedek is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my king is righteousness”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Melchizedek mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
“my king is righteousness”
Melchizedek is the priest-king of Salem who blesses Abraham in Genesis 14.
Is Melchizedek a girl's or a boy's name?
Melchizedek is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melchizedek in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Melchizedek, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2016, with 7 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Melchizedek in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Melchizedek in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,049among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Melchizedek, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had the most boys named Melchizedek of any year since it first appeared, in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Melchizedek in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melchizedek in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Names like Melchizedek
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Munachimso Tobechukwu Ayomide Kenechukwu Zakariya Somtochukwu Achim Ifechukwu Musa Kamsiyochukwu Zion Matteo
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Melchizedek: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melchizedek, updated 20 October 2026.