Melbourne

Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,229

Peak · boys
1901 · 6 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,012
since 1890

Melbourne over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Melbourne has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913peak #943, 1901boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1989#6,2297
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1979#6,0565
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1972#4,9865
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1968#2,9079
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1961#3,0978
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1959#3,9885
1958#2,64210
1957#3,0248
1956#2,49711
1955#3,5056
1954#2,9428
1953#2,7099
1952#3,7345
1951#2,8448
1950#3,0217
1949#1,75418
1948#2,02714
1947#2,16913
1946#1,81316
1945#2,00912
1944#1,98813
1943#1,98614
1942#1,94614
1941#1,90314
1940#1,98313
1939#1,57818
1938#2,6468
1937#1,68817
1936#1,87214
1935#2,12712
1934#1,72517
1933#1,58619
1932#1,28628
1931#1,58920
1930#1,46325
1929#2,00215
1928#1,07842
1927#1,35030
1926#1,26433
1925#1,39028
1924#1,41428
1923#1,42027
1922#1,05844
1921#1,14039
1920#1,08942
1919#1,32129
1918#1,21133
1917#1,20332
1916#1,17631
1915#1,10034
1914#1,15325
1913#96926
1912#1,41712
1911#1,5376
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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.

Where Melbourne is popular in 1913

No state had 5 or more boys named Melbourne in 1913, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#994 (1890)#994
1900s21#943 (1901)#1,217
1910s228#969 (1913)#1,232
1920s328#1,058 (1922)#1,321
1930s178#1,286 (1932)#1,756
1940s141#1,754 (1949)#1,958
1950s77#2,497 (1956)#3,091
1960s17#2,907 (1968)#3,002
1970s10#4,986 (1972)#5,521
1980s7#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.

Melbourne in 1913

boys
#969
26 births · 1 in 19,714 boys

Top boys' names in 1913

  1. #1John29,329
  2. #2William23,538
  3. #3James20,832
  4. #4Robert15,684
  5. #5Joseph14,471
  6. #6George13,874
  7. #7Charles13,191
  8. #8Edward9,474
  9. #9Frank9,237
  10. #10Thomas7,096
  11. #969Melbourne26
More about 1913

boys

512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 19,714 of them was named Melbourne, which outranked 70.3% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Melbourne
  1. #950Reese27
  2. #950Stephan27
  3. #950Waldemar27
  4. #969Melbourne26
  5. #969Alcide26
  6. #969Art26
  7. #969Artie26
  8. #995Almon25
  9. #995Alpha25
  10. #995Annie25

Tied with 25 names at #969; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,050Mathias#1,885 → #835
  2. ↑ 935Hymen#1,885 → #950
  3. ↑ 796Waldemar#1,746 → #950
  4. ↑ 751Rolf#1,746 → #995
  5. ↑ 689Domenico#1,619 → #930
Fallers
  1. ↓ 975Holland#970 → #1,945
  2. ↓ 885Cameron#918 → #1,803
  3. ↓ 868Larue#935 → #1,803
  4. ↓ 726Irene#854 → #1,580
  5. ↓ 688Hughie#892 → #1,580

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1913 →