Melvin
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #13,147 · #958 for boys in 2025, 243 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1926 · 4,194 births
- Debut · boys
- 103 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 55 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 244,936since 1880
Melvin over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #958 | 243 | |
| 2024 | — | #871 | 277 | |
| 2023 | — | #820 | 299 | |
| 2022 | — | #827 | 300 | |
| 2021 | — | #798 | 307 | |
| 2020 | — | #752 | 323 | |
| 2019 | — | #758 | 314 | |
| 2018 | — | #718 | 334 | |
| 2017 | — | #727 | 328 | |
| 2016 | — | #727 | 337 | |
| 2015 | — | #687 | 365 | |
| 2014 | — | #664 | 386 | |
| 2013 | — | #617 | 402 | |
| 2012 | — | #618 | 393 | |
| 2011 | — | #614 | 390 | |
| 2010 | — | #556 | 456 | |
| 2009 | — | #505 | 535 | |
| 2008 | — | #467 | 592 | |
| 2007 | — | #443 | 633 | |
| 2006 | — | #423 | 673 | |
| 2005 | — | #424 | 627 | |
| 2004 | — | #426 | 613 | |
| 2003 | — | #397 | 656 | |
| 2002 | — | #315 | 908 | |
| 2001 | — | #452 | 534 | |
| 2000 | — | #455 | 525 | |
| 1999 | — | #425 | 555 | |
| 1998 | — | #413 | 577 | |
| 1997 | — | #398 | 590 | |
| 1996 | — | #395 | 598 | |
| 1995 | — | #365 | 657 | |
| 1994 | — | #351 | 699 | |
| 1993 | — | #341 | 729 | |
| 1992 | — | #324 | 784 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #299 | 853 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #277 | 941 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #275 | 900 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #263 | 892 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #264 | 824 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #258 | 862 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | #249 | 907 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #241 | 908 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #236 | 948 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | #226 | 1,035 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #227 | 1,052 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 | #218 | 1,103 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 | #204 | 1,158 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | #197 | 1,162 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | #199 | 1,144 |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 | #190 | 1,165 |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | #187 | 1,208 |
| 1974 | #2,835 | 25 | #190 | 1,197 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | #170 | 1,380 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | #171 | 1,456 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 | #172 | 1,578 |
| 1970 | #2,577 | 28 | #171 | 1,678 |
| 1969 | #3,012 | 20 | #162 | 1,770 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | #150 | 1,798 |
| 1967 | #2,781 | 20 | #150 | 1,844 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 | #142 | 2,044 |
| 1965 | #2,538 | 23 | #138 | 2,230 |
| 1964 | #2,412 | 26 | #134 | 2,432 |
| 1963 | #2,306 | 27 | #133 | 2,545 |
| 1962 | #1,947 | 35 | #137 | 2,577 |
| 1961 | #2,359 | 26 | #128 | 2,842 |
| 1960 | #2,150 | 29 | #125 | 3,011 |
| 1959 | #2,678 | 19 | #122 | 3,170 |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | #122 | 3,149 |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 | #113 | 3,397 |
| 1956 | #2,194 | 25 | #101 | 3,638 |
| 1955 | #1,839 | 33 | #95 | 3,646 |
| 1954 | #1,702 | 36 | #92 | 3,711 |
| 1953 | #1,834 | 30 | #91 | 3,811 |
| 1952 | #1,611 | 36 | #91 | 3,920 |
| 1951 | #2,064 | 23 | #88 | 3,837 |
| 1950 | #1,524 | 37 | #87 | 3,886 |
| 1949 | #1,564 | 35 | #82 | 3,972 |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 | #81 | 4,057 |
| 1947 | #1,633 | 34 | #85 | 4,169 |
| 1946 | #1,583 | 31 | #86 | 3,742 |
| 1945 | #1,660 | 25 | #78 | 3,408 |
| 1944 | #1,401 | 33 | #67 | 3,745 |
| 1943 | #1,442 | 33 | #63 | 4,069 |
| 1942 | #1,592 | 27 | #60 | 4,188 |
| 1941 | #1,446 | 29 | #56 | 3,951 |
| 1940 | #1,218 | 36 | #53 | 3,935 |
| 1939 | #1,327 | 31 | #51 | 3,853 |
| 1938 | #1,547 | 24 | #54 | 3,818 |
| 1937 | #1,493 | 25 | #50 | 3,890 |
| 1936 | #1,115 | 40 | #53 | 3,730 |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 | #57 | 3,600 |
| 1934 | #1,292 | 31 | #55 | 3,702 |
| 1933 | #1,197 | 35 | #51 | 3,588 |
| 1932 | #1,237 | 34 | #51 | 3,776 |
| 1931 | #1,199 | 36 | #51 | 3,700 |
| 1930 | #1,084 | 46 | #50 | 4,048 |
| 1929 | #1,174 | 40 | #49 | 4,100 |
| 1928 | #947 | 62 | #48 | 4,249 |
| 1927 | #1,172 | 43 | #48 | 4,202 |
| 1926 | #1,357 | 34 | #47 | 4,194 |
| 1925 | #1,409 | 33 | #50 | 4,146 |
| 1924 | #1,069 | 53 | #48 | 4,168 |
| 1923 | #1,158 | 44 | #48 | 4,012 |
| 1922 | #1,168 | 43 | #50 | 3,908 |
| 1921 | #1,222 | 40 | #53 | 3,887 |
| 1920 | #1,282 | 36 | #54 | 3,717 |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 28 | #56 | 3,384 |
| 1918 | #1,411 | 30 | #56 | 3,469 |
| 1917 | #1,552 | 24 | #57 | 3,155 |
| 1916 | #1,581 | 23 | #57 | 2,984 |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 | #60 | 2,780 |
| 1914 | #1,175 | 27 | #59 | 2,064 |
| 1913 | #1,601 | 14 | #61 | 1,642 |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 | #71 | 1,185 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | #73 | 594 |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 | #75 | 482 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | #71 | 448 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | #75 | 366 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | #78 | 331 |
| 1906 | — | #82 | 285 | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #83 | 291 |
| 1904 | — | #92 | 234 | |
| 1903 | — | #88 | 230 | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | #86 | 248 |
| 1901 | — | #97 | 176 | |
| 1900 | — | #102 | 231 | |
| 1899 | — | #106 | 166 | |
| 1898 | — | #115 | 159 | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | #129 | 128 |
| 1896 | — | #115 | 158 | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | #111 | 158 |
| 1894 | — | #128 | 125 | |
| 1893 | — | #137 | 111 | |
| 1892 | — | #144 | 114 | |
| 1891 | — | #126 | 108 | |
| 1890 | — | #146 | 98 | |
| 1889 | — | #150 | 97 | |
| 1888 | — | #131 | 119 | |
| 1887 | — | #134 | 95 | |
| 1886 | — | #168 | 83 | |
| 1885 | — | #125 | 110 | |
| 1884 | — | #145 | 95 | |
| 1883 | — | #129 | 96 | |
| 1882 | — | #159 | 86 | |
| 1881 | — | #159 | 76 | |
| 1880 | — | #126 | 103 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Melvin was already there! It came in at #126, and was given to 103 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 120 boys a year got the name.
Where Melvin is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#18 · 1 in 95
- Nebraska#20 · 1 in 102
- Nevada#23 · 1 in 73
- Maryland#28 · 1 in 130
- District of Columbia#30 · 1 in 128
Best ever in a state: #11 in Hawaii, 1943.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #18 | 59 | 1 in 95 |
| Nebraska | #20 | 115 | 1 in 102 |
| Nevada | #23 | 5 | 1 in 73 |
| Maryland | #28 | 97 | 1 in 130 |
| District of Columbia | #30 | 27 | 1 in 128 |
| Idaho | #32 | 30 | 1 in 120 |
| Kansas | #32 | 106 | 1 in 144 |
| Montana | #34 | 27 | 1 in 143 |
| Indiana | #36 | 131 | 1 in 198 |
| Iowa | #36 | 121 | 1 in 163 |
| Oklahoma | #36 | 136 | 1 in 169 |
| Louisiana | #37 | 105 | 1 in 194 |
| North Dakota | #37 | 45 | 1 in 138 |
| Virginia | #38 | 135 | 1 in 171 |
| Wisconsin | #38 | 141 | 1 in 174 |
| Minnesota | #39 | 129 | 1 in 164 |
| Utah | #39 | 34 | 1 in 143 |
| Oregon | #42 | 35 | 1 in 166 |
| Missouri | #43 | 148 | 1 in 197 |
| Washington | #43 | 54 | 1 in 175 |
| Colorado | #44 | 42 | 1 in 195 |
| Illinois | #46 | 255 | 1 in 232 |
| Texas | #46 | 244 | 1 in 233 |
| Michigan | #48 | 183 | 1 in 229 |
| West Virginia | #51 | 61 | 1 in 300 |
| Alabama | #52 | 103 | 1 in 275 |
| California | #54 | 133 | 1 in 281 |
| Arkansas | #55 | 77 | 1 in 234 |
| Ohio | #56 | 172 | 1 in 308 |
| South Carolina | #58 | 66 | 1 in 279 |
| Tennessee | #59 | 85 | 1 in 295 |
| New York | #62 | 293 | 1 in 335 |
| North Carolina | #62 | 107 | 1 in 328 |
| Pennsylvania | #62 | 246 | 1 in 358 |
| Massachusetts | #63 | 92 | 1 in 369 |
| Georgia | #67 | 86 | 1 in 331 |
| Wyoming | #67 | 6 | 1 in 263 |
| Mississippi | #70 | 55 | 1 in 375 |
| Vermont | #73 | 8 | 1 in 320 |
| Kentucky | #78 | 66 | 1 in 403 |
| Florida | #84 | 37 | 1 in 394 |
| New Jersey | #91 | 49 | 1 in 613 |
| Maine | #96 | 15 | 1 in 410 |
| Hawaii | #98 | 8 | 1 in 406 |
| Connecticut | #119 | 11 | 1 in 1,085 |
| Rhode Island | #126 | 5 | 1 in 1,068 |
| New Mexico | #168 | 6 | 1 in 697 |
| Arizona | #172 | 5 | 1 in 812 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Melvin
- 87 spots since 2024 (#871 → #958)
- 206 spots since 2020 (#752 → #958)
- 271 spots since 2015 (#687 → #958)
- Biggest jump: 137 spots in 2002 (#452 → #315)
- Biggest drop: 87 spots in 2025 (#871 → #958)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1926 at #47 (4,194 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 40 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 55 yrs · run 1901–1955
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 261 boys born in 1928 were named Melvin (0.38%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,029 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #47 in 1926, was only 1 in 265 (0.38%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.6% of all boys named Melvin (40,583) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 960 | #125 (1885) | #143 |
| 1890s | 1,325 | #106 (1899) | #126 |
| 1900s | 2,840 | #71 (1909) | #85 |
| 1910s | 21,739 | #56 (1918) | #63 |
| 1920s | 40,583 | #47 (1926) | #50 |
| 1930s | 37,705 | #50 (1930) | #52 |
| 1940s | 39,236 | #53 (1940) | #71 |
| 1950s | 36,165 | #87 (1950) | #100 |
| 1960s | 23,093 | #125 (1960) | #140 |
| 1970s | 13,126 | #170 (1973) | #185 |
| 1980s | 9,431 | #218 (1980) | #246 |
| 1990s | 6,983 | #277 (1990) | #359 |
| 2000s | 6,296 | #315 (2002) | #431 |
| 2010s | 3,705 | #556 (2010) | #669 |
| 2020s | 1,749 | #752 (2020) | #838 |
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.
Melvin in 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 27,731 of them was named Melvin, which outranked 79.1% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,161Ludie44
- #1,161Melissa44
- #1,161Mozella44
- #1,172Melvin43
- #1,172Annamarie43
- #1,172Antonetta43
- #1,172Archie43
- #1,194Assunta42
- #1,194Barbra42
- #1,194Beula42
Tied with 21 names at #1,172; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 268 of them was named Melvin, which outranked 99.0% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.