Melvina
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #10,312
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 44 births
- Debut · girls
- 21 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,645since 1880
Melvina over time
Rank among girls' names. Melvina has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 |
| 1987 | #2,780 | 35 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 |
| 1984 | #2,992 | 29 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 |
| 1982 | #2,770 | 33 |
| 1981 | #2,774 | 32 |
| 1980 | #2,391 | 40 |
| 1979 | #2,582 | 35 |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 |
| 1977 | #2,124 | 44 |
| 1976 | #1,968 | 45 |
| 1975 | #1,713 | 55 |
| 1974 | #2,100 | 39 |
| 1973 | #1,913 | 43 |
| 1972 | #2,222 | 34 |
| 1971 | #1,665 | 55 |
| 1970 | #1,804 | 49 |
| 1969 | #1,465 | 64 |
| 1968 | #1,575 | 53 |
| 1967 | #1,617 | 49 |
| 1966 | #1,586 | 50 |
| 1965 | #1,561 | 51 |
| 1964 | #1,462 | 60 |
| 1963 | #1,290 | 73 |
| 1962 | #1,577 | 51 |
| 1961 | #1,319 | 71 |
| 1960 | #1,417 | 60 |
| 1959 | #1,315 | 66 |
| 1958 | #1,266 | 70 |
| 1957 | #1,322 | 64 |
| 1956 | #1,169 | 79 |
| 1955 | #1,055 | 91 |
| 1954 | #1,278 | 60 |
| 1953 | #1,155 | 70 |
| 1952 | #1,067 | 78 |
| 1951 | #1,104 | 71 |
| 1950 | #1,007 | 82 |
| 1949 | #1,012 | 79 |
| 1948 | #1,057 | 69 |
| 1947 | #966 | 85 |
| 1946 | #1,050 | 65 |
| 1945 | #897 | 71 |
| 1944 | #925 | 69 |
| 1943 | #898 | 75 |
| 1942 | #979 | 64 |
| 1941 | #830 | 76 |
| 1940 | #762 | 84 |
| 1939 | #878 | 64 |
| 1938 | #899 | 62 |
| 1937 | #877 | 62 |
| 1936 | #800 | 71 |
| 1935 | #834 | 68 |
| 1934 | #861 | 63 |
| 1933 | #820 | 66 |
| 1932 | #748 | 81 |
| 1931 | #797 | 72 |
| 1930 | #810 | 76 |
| 1929 | #789 | 79 |
| 1928 | #750 | 90 |
| 1927 | #747 | 92 |
| 1926 | #708 | 105 |
| 1925 | #786 | 88 |
| 1924 | #688 | 116 |
| 1923 | #674 | 121 |
| 1922 | #671 | 118 |
| 1921 | #694 | 113 |
| 1920 | #609 | 136 |
| 1919 | #712 | 96 |
| 1918 | #731 | 96 |
| 1917 | #641 | 112 |
| 1916 | #732 | 85 |
| 1915 | #640 | 106 |
| 1914 | #574 | 97 |
| 1913 | #637 | 66 |
| 1912 | #663 | 57 |
| 1911 | #548 | 59 |
| 1910 | #584 | 50 |
| 1909 | #566 | 46 |
| 1908 | #593 | 40 |
| 1907 | #529 | 46 |
| 1906 | #602 | 35 |
| 1905 | #497 | 46 |
| 1904 | #480 | 47 |
| 1903 | #489 | 43 |
| 1902 | #429 | 52 |
| 1901 | #520 | 34 |
| 1900 | #504 | 45 |
| 1899 | #578 | 28 |
| 1898 | #461 | 45 |
| 1897 | #468 | 38 |
| 1896 | #457 | 40 |
| 1895 | #465 | 39 |
| 1894 | #475 | 35 |
| 1893 | #449 | 35 |
| 1892 | #434 | 38 |
| 1891 | #624 | 18 |
| 1890 | #412 | 37 |
| 1889 | #439 | 30 |
| 1888 | #380 | 40 |
| 1887 | #348 | 38 |
| 1886 | #451 | 23 |
| 1885 | #303 | 44 |
| 1884 | #358 | 31 |
| 1883 | #411 | 21 |
| 1882 | #352 | 25 |
| 1881 | #317 | 25 |
| 1880 | #352 | 21 |
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 1935
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Florida#303 · 1 in 2,079
- Oklahoma#424 · 1 in 3,661
- Mississippi#467 · 1 in 4,413
Best ever in a state: #211 in Maryland, 1924.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #303 | 6 | 1 in 2,079 |
| Oklahoma | #424 | 6 | 1 in 3,661 |
| Mississippi | #467 | 5 | 1 in 4,413 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Melvina
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 190 spots in 1892 (#624 → #434)
- Biggest drop: 212 spots in 1891 (#412 → #624)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #303 (44 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1880–1945
- 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%)
- 15.9% of all girls named Melvina (1,058) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 298 | #303 (1885) | #371 |
| 1890s | 353 | #412 (1890) | #482 |
| 1900s | 434 | #429 (1902) | #521 |
| 1910s | 824 | #548 (1911) | #646 |
| 1920s | 1,058 | #609 (1920) | #712 |
| 1930s | 685 | #748 (1932) | #832 |
| 1940s | 737 | #762 (1940) | #938 |
| 1950s | 731 | #1,007 (1950) | #1,174 |
| 1960s | 582 | #1,290 (1963) | #1,487 |
| 1970s | 427 | #1,665 (1971) | #2,095 |
| 1980s | 266 | #2,391 (1980) | #3,553 |
| 1990s | 134 | #4,329 (1991) | #7,099 |
| 2000s | 77 | #8,027 (2000) | #12,694 |
| 2010s | 30 | #12,276 (2010) | #14,737 |
| 2020s | 9 | #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 1935
Top girls' names in 1935
More about 1935
girls
1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 15,420 of them was named Melvina, which outranked 83.0% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #823Tressie69
- #823Vergie69
- #823Vonnie69
- #834Melvina68
- #834Coleen68
- #834Herminia68
- #834Laurie68
- #840Ardell67
- #840Easter67
- #840Erlinda67
Tied with 5 names at #834; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
- ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
- ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
- ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
- ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.