Melchor
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mel-CHOR
- Origin
- Hebrew
Melchor is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “king of light”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Melchor mean?
Hebrew: Spanish form of Melchior, probably from Hebrew
“king of light”
Melchior is traditionally one of the three Magi who brought gifts to the infant Jesus.
Is Melchor a girl's or a boy's name?
Melchor is a boys' name.
How popular is Melchor in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Melchor in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melchor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,095 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,741 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
Names like Melchor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Matthew, Michael, Jesse, Manuel, Joseph, Miguel, Daniel, Hector, Jose, Victor, Adam, Jacob
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Ethan, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Melchor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melchor, updated 20 October 2026.