Melvina

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #10,312

Peak · girls
1885 · 44 births
Debut · girls
21 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,645
since 1880

Melvina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Melvina has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #303, 1885girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023#10,3129
2022—
2021—
2020—
2019#12,4487
2018—
2017#15,9025
2016—
2015—
2014#16,5135
2013#16,5475
2012—
2011—
2010#12,2768
2009#17,2945
2008#11,5999
2007#15,4916
2006#11,4179
2005#16,4625
2004#11,6248
2003#11,3258
2002#13,5956
2001#10,1029
2000#8,02712
1999#10,3458
1998#7,53212
1997#6,84413
1996#6,72313
1995#10,5147
1994#6,67213
1993#5,41917
1992#7,06712
1991#4,32923
1990#5,54916
1989#5,04917
1988#3,69025
1987#2,78035
1986#5,45913
1985#3,51724
1984#2,99229
1983#4,10918
1982#2,77033
1981#2,77432
1980#2,39140
1979#2,58235
1978#2,85928
1977#2,12444
1976#1,96845
1975#1,71355
1974#2,10039
1973#1,91343
1972#2,22234
1971#1,66555
1970#1,80449
1969#1,46564
1968#1,57553
1967#1,61749
1966#1,58650
1965#1,56151
1964#1,46260
1963#1,29073
1962#1,57751
1961#1,31971
1960#1,41760
1959#1,31566
1958#1,26670
1957#1,32264
1956#1,16979
1955#1,05591
1954#1,27860
1953#1,15570
1952#1,06778
1951#1,10471
1950#1,00782
1949#1,01279
1948#1,05769
1947#96685
1946#1,05065
1945#89771
1944#92569
1943#89875
1942#97964
1941#83076
1940#76284
1939#87864
1938#89962
1937#87762
1936#80071
1935#83468
1934#86163
1933#82066
1932#74881
1931#79772
1930#81076
1929#78979
1928#75090
1927#74792
1926#708105
1925#78688
1924#688116
1923#674121
1922#671118
1921#694113
1920#609136
1919#71296
1918#73196
1917#641112
1916#73285
1915#640106
1914#57497
1913#63766
1912#66357
1911#54859
1910#58450
1909#56646
1908#59340
1907#52946
1906#60235
1905#49746
1904#48047
1903#48943
1902#42952
1901#52034
1900#50445
1899#57828
1898#46145
1897#46838
1896#45740
1895#46539
1894#47535
1893#44935
1892#43438
1891#62418
1890#41237
1889#43930
1888#38040
1887#34838
1886#45123
1885#30344
1884#35831
1883#41121
1882#35225
1881#31725
1880#35221
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Melvina was already there! It came in at #352, and was given to 21 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2011–2018, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Melvina is popular in 1888

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Melvina
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 190 spots in 1892 (#624 → #434)
  • Biggest drop: 212 spots in 1891 (#412 → #624)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #303 (44 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 67 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1880–1945
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,024
  • Highest: 1 in 3,024 girls born in 1885 were named Melvina (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,287 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 15.9% of all girls named Melvina (1,058) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s298#303 (1885)#371
1890s353#412 (1890)#482
1900s434#429 (1902)#521
1910s824#548 (1911)#646
1920s1,058#609 (1920)#712
1930s685#748 (1932)#832
1940s737#762 (1940)#938
1950s731#1,007 (1950)#1,174
1960s582#1,290 (1963)#1,487
1970s427#1,665 (1971)#2,095
1980s266#2,391 (1980)#3,553
1990s134#4,329 (1991)#7,099
2000s77#8,027 (2000)#12,694
2010s30#12,276 (2010)#14,737
2020s9#10,312 (2023)#10,312

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.

Melvina in 1888

girls
#380
40 births · 1 in 4,466 girls

Top girls' names in 1888

  1. #1Mary11,754
  2. #2Anna4,982
  3. #3Elizabeth3,224
  4. #4Emma3,087
  5. #5Margaret2,904
  6. #6Minnie2,654
  7. #7Bertha2,450
  8. #8Florence2,444
  9. #9Ethel2,374
  10. #10Bessie2,278
  11. #380Melvina40
More about 1888

girls

178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 4,466 of them was named Melvina, which outranked 74.2% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Melvina
  1. #374Leonora41
  2. #374Leta41
  3. #374Magdalena41
  4. #380Melvina40
  5. #380Eda40
  6. #380Florida40
  7. #380Geraldine40
  8. #387Bridget39
  9. #387Helene39
  10. #387Mellie39

Tied with 6 names at #380; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. ↑ 535Zilpha#1,147 → #612
  2. ↑ 511Eudora#1,147 → #636
  3. ↑ 478Lorraine#1,036 → #558
  4. ↑ 457Dillie#1,147 → #690
  5. ↑ 457Leanna#1,147 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136

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

See the top 100 for 1888 →