Melbourne
Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,229
- Peak · boys
- 1901 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,012since 1890
Melbourne over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Melbourne has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
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| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #1,754 | 18 |
| 1948 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #2,169 | 13 |
| 1946 | #1,813 | 16 |
| 1945 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #1,988 | 13 |
| 1943 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #1,983 | 13 |
| 1939 | #1,578 | 18 |
| 1938 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | #1,872 | 14 |
| 1935 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #1,725 | 17 |
| 1933 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1932 | #1,286 | 28 |
| 1931 | #1,589 | 20 |
| 1930 | #1,463 | 25 |
| 1929 | #2,002 | 15 |
| 1928 | #1,078 | 42 |
| 1927 | #1,350 | 30 |
| 1926 | #1,264 | 33 |
| 1925 | #1,390 | 28 |
| 1924 | #1,414 | 28 |
| 1923 | #1,420 | 27 |
| 1922 | #1,058 | 44 |
| 1921 | #1,140 | 39 |
| 1920 | #1,089 | 42 |
| 1919 | #1,321 | 29 |
| 1918 | #1,211 | 33 |
| 1917 | #1,203 | 32 |
| 1916 | #1,176 | 31 |
| 1915 | #1,100 | 34 |
| 1914 | #1,153 | 25 |
| 1913 | #969 | 26 |
| 1912 | #1,417 | 12 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1890
The first year at least five boys were named Melbourne! It came in at #994, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1900, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
- Biggest jump: 448 spots in 1913 (#1,417 → #969)
- Biggest drop: 184 spots in 1914 (#969 → #1,153)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1901 at #943 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1902, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1890–1913
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,745
- Highest: 1 in 17,745 boys born in 1901 were named Melbourne (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 285,847 boys born in 1989 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 32.4% of all boys named Melbourne (328) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #994 (1890) | #994 |
| 1900s | 21 | #943 (1901) | #1,217 |
| 1910s | 228 | #969 (1913) | #1,232 |
| 1920s | 328 | #1,058 (1922) | #1,321 |
| 1930s | 178 | #1,286 (1932) | #1,756 |
| 1940s | 141 | #1,754 (1949) | #1,958 |
| 1950s | 77 | #2,497 (1956) | #3,091 |
| 1960s | 17 | #2,907 (1968) | #3,002 |
| 1970s | 10 | #4,986 (1972) | #5,521 |
| 1980s | 7 | #6,229 (1989) | #6,229 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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