Menelik is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2020 and has grown less common since.
Menelik is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #6,047 for boy births in the United States (and #12,722 across all names), given to 15 babies. Menelik first appears in 1980 and peaked in 2020 (25 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | #6,047 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | #7,114 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | #6,121 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | #6,710 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | #6,226 |
| 2020 | 25 | 25 | #4,102 |
| 2019 | 8 | 8 | #9,445 |
| 2018 | 13 | 13 | #6,577 |
| 2017 | 14 | 14 | #6,228 |
| 2016 | 12 | 12 | #6,999 |
| 2015 | 9 | 9 | #8,483 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8 | #9,342 |
| 2013 | 12 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2012 | 9 | 9 | #8,637 |
| 2011 | 14 | 14 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 | #11,711 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | #13,810 |
| 2008 | 10 | 10 | #8,088 |
| 2007 | 10 | 10 | #7,984 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 | #9,285 |
| 2005 | 7 | 7 | #9,797 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | #10,878 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8 | #8,358 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8 | #8,191 |
| 2001 | 15 | 15 | #5,058 |
| 2000 | 10 | 10 | #6,670 |
| 1999 | 15 | 15 | #4,691 |
| 1998 | 9 | 9 | #6,660 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | #7,839 |
| 1996 | 11 | — | #5,417 |
| 1995 | 6 | — | #8,514 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | #7,491 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | #7,340 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | #9,350 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | #4,985 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | #9,039 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | #8,100 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | #6,666 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | #5,166 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #6,950 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | #4,800 |