Melven
- Last seen for boys in 1968 at #4,136
- Peak · boys
- 1932 · 21 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 511since 1913
Melven over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Melven has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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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| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
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| 1964 | #2,665 | 10 |
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| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
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| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #2,391 | 11 |
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| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #1,818 | 15 |
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| 1936 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #1,548 | 21 |
| 1931 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #1,753 | 18 |
| 1929 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #1,748 | 20 |
| 1926 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1924 | #2,043 | 16 |
| 1923 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1921 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1920 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | #2,091 | 14 |
| 1916 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
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First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Melven! It came in at #2,273, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1937, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Melven is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Melven in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Melven
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1968
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1932 at #1,548 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 1 yr 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 49,722
- Highest: 1 in 49,722 boys born in 1932 were named Melven (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 347,595 boys born in 1968 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 33.3% of all boys named Melven (170) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 71 | #2,091 (1917) | #2,441 |
| 1920s | 170 | #1,628 (1925) | #1,963 |
| 1930s | 117 | #1,548 (1932) | #2,102 |
| 1940s | 91 | #2,080 (1944) | #2,578 |
| 1950s | 35 | #2,391 (1953) | #3,223 |
| 1960s | 27 | #2,665 (1964) | #3,522 |
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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