Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Menelik

Gender

Male

Origin

African
Amharic of Ethiopia name meaning son of the wise man or what will he send?

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #4018, 25 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5861, 15 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202515
202412
202315
202213
202114
202025
20198
201813
201714
201612

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #2259, 9 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4970, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20253
2024–
20234
20226
2021–
2020–
2019–
20189
2017–
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2006 (rank #2014, 11 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4813, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20233
20227
202110
20205
20197
2018–
20174
20164
20154
20143

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence