Melburn

Peak · boys
1920 · 27 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
489
since 1912

Melburn over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Melburn has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,416, 1920boys
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1974#4,6346
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1972#3,9637
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1964#4,0395
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1962#3,3057
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1958#3,5596
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1955#2,7649
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1953#3,1437
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1951#3,3646
1950#3,6815
1949#3,6905
1948#3,0107
1947#3,0967
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1944#2,6338
1943#2,40510
1942#2,7128
1941#2,4919
1940#2,4789
1939#1,71216
1938#1,97613
1937#2,08812
1936#3,5495
1935#1,75716
1934#2,7428
1933#3,0047
1932#2,46510
1931#2,32811
1930#2,60910
1929#2,31712
1928#1,64721
1927#2,40812
1926#2,07415
1925#2,43512
1924#2,13215
1923#2,77210
1922#2,04016
1921#2,15215
1920#1,41627
1919#1,81118
1918#2,16514
1917#1,69319
1916#2,04314
1915#1,87815
1914#2,4578
1913#1,58012
1912#2,5445
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Melburn! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1945–1946, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Melburn is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Melburn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Melburn
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1974
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1920 at #1,416 (27 births)
  • Births halved by 1923, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 39,421
  • Highest: 1 in 39,421 boys born in 1920 were named Melburn (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 262,056 boys born in 1974 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 31.7% of all boys named Melburn (155) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s105#1,580 (1913)#2,021
1920s155#1,416 (1920)#2,139
1930s108#1,712 (1939)#2,423
1940s63#2,405 (1943)#2,814
1950s33#2,764 (1955)#3,302
1960s12#3,305 (1962)#3,672
1970s13#3,963 (1972)#4,299

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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