Melvia

Peak · girls
1910 · 13 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
972
since 1888

Melvia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Melvia has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,267, 1910girls
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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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1988#11,7985
1987#9,8256
1986#10,9125
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1982#8,2247
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1974#5,7769
1973#8,4235
1972#7,2926
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1970#7,0706
1969#3,95813
1968#7,0165
1967#3,48414
1966#5,2737
1965#5,8176
1964#4,6369
1963#4,5399
1962#5,2937
1961#3,31815
1960#3,21215
1959#2,98016
1958#2,75518
1957#2,82317
1956#3,18614
1955#2,34122
1954#2,02727
1953#2,92114
1952#2,67116
1951#2,57716
1950#2,25319
1949#2,41017
1948#3,35010
1947#2,04523
1946#2,59714
1945#1,87420
1944#2,09617
1943#1,70325
1942#2,04618
1941#1,69622
1940#1,84519
1939#1,54424
1938#1,50525
1937#1,67921
1936#2,38612
1935#2,57511
1934#1,65121
1933#2,05215
1932#2,36513
1931#1,87618
1930#1,40330
1929#2,43713
1928#1,58926
1927#1,72824
1926#1,93220
1925#3,11610
1924#2,40915
1923#2,02119
1922#2,18617
1921#3,16410
1920#2,59013
1919#2,38414
1918#2,28915
1917#4,0836
1916#2,02816
1915#3,7956
1914#2,6388
1913#2,3318
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1910#1,26713
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1908#1,8626
1907#2,0615
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five girls were named Melvia! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1907, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Melvia is popular in 2025

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

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1988
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1910 at #1,267 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1911, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 30,500
  • Highest: 1 in 30,500 girls born in 1910 were named Melvia (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 356,171 girls born in 1988 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 19.5% of all girls named Melvia (190) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,276 (1888)#1,276
1890s0——
1900s11#1,862 (1908)#1,962
1910s86#1,267 (1910)#2,602
1920s167#1,589 (1928)#2,317
1930s190#1,403 (1930)#1,904
1940s185#1,696 (1941)#2,166
1950s179#2,027 (1954)#2,653
1960s100#3,212 (1960)#4,655
1970s26#5,776 (1974)#7,140
1980s23#8,224 (1982)#10,190

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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