Melvyn
Last seen for girls in 1948 at #5,243 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1938 · 293 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,360since 1912
Melvyn over time
Rank among boys' names. Melvyn 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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,620 | 12 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,643 | 10 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,079 | 9 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,139 | 9 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,310 | 9 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,067 | 18 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,901 | 14 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,520 | 20 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,875 | 13 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,258 | 11 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,322 | 18 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,667 | 12 | |
| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,656 | 11 | |
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,098 | 14 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,018 | 14 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,177 | 21 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,606 | 14 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,203 | 18 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,914 | 19 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,731 | 21 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,352 | 12 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,484 | 27 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,987 | 16 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,615 | 24 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,585 | 25 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,876 | 19 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,486 | 29 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,360 | 33 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,446 | 29 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,751 | 21 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,722 | 21 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,313 | 33 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,628 | 22 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,592 | 23 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,804 | 18 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,218 | 36 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,139 | 39 | |
| 1949 | — | #770 | 80 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #774 | 77 |
| 1947 | — | #692 | 100 | |
| 1946 | — | #759 | 76 | |
| 1945 | — | #684 | 78 | |
| 1944 | — | #658 | 89 | |
| 1943 | — | #466 | 177 | |
| 1942 | — | #359 | 282 | |
| 1941 | — | #339 | 290 | |
| 1940 | — | #358 | 254 | |
| 1939 | — | #339 | 273 | |
| 1938 | — | #323 | 293 | |
| 1937 | — | #365 | 221 | |
| 1936 | — | #514 | 120 | |
| 1935 | — | #618 | 90 | |
| 1934 | — | #708 | 74 | |
| 1933 | — | #703 | 73 | |
| 1932 | — | #617 | 93 | |
| 1931 | — | #869 | 54 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,132 | 38 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #1,010 | 45 |
| 1928 | — | #1,293 | 31 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,080 | 43 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,064 | 43 | |
| 1925 | — | #916 | 54 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,117 | 41 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,087 | 43 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,282 | 32 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,086 | 42 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,543 | 24 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,695 | 20 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,499 | 24 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,175 | 33 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,043 | 14 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,782 | 16 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,772 | 13 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,676 | 11 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Melvyn! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1996, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Melvyn is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#212 · 1 in 3,984
- New York#240 · 1 in 3,359
- Illinois#312 · 1 in 4,759
- California#324 · 1 in 3,812
- Ohio#351 · 1 in 6,799
Best ever in a state: #64 in Hawaii, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #212 | 7 | 1 in 3,984 |
| New York | #240 | 25 | 1 in 3,359 |
| Illinois | #312 | 11 | 1 in 4,759 |
| California | #324 | 10 | 1 in 3,812 |
| Ohio | #351 | 7 | 1 in 6,799 |
| Pennsylvania | #355 | 9 | 1 in 7,956 |
| Michigan | #398 | 5 | 1 in 7,967 |
| Texas | #744 | 6 | 1 in 9,284 |
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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 Melvyn
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 263 spots in 1931 (#1,132 → #869)
- Biggest drop: 369 spots in 1950 (#770 → #1,139)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1938 at #323 (293 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1931–1949
- Highest: 1 in 3,785 boys born in 1938 were named Melvyn (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 34.5% of all boys named Melvyn (1,503) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 136 | #1,175 (1917) | #1,773 |
| 1920s | 398 | #916 (1925) | #1,148 |
| 1930s | 1,329 | #323 (1938) | #619 |
| 1940s | 1,503 | #339 (1941) | #586 |
| 1950s | 275 | #1,139 (1950) | #1,497 |
| 1960s | 208 | #1,484 (1966) | #1,807 |
| 1970s | 118 | #2,177 (1976) | #3,328 |
| 1980s | 95 | #3,098 (1980) | #4,419 |
| 1990s | 75 | #4,993 (1990) | #6,380 |
| 2000s | 130 | #4,322 (2002) | #6,226 |
| 2010s | 59 | #7,643 (2019) | #9,681 |
| 2020s | 34 | #6,620 (2020) | #9,203 |
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.
Melvyn in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
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1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 8,643 of them was named Melvyn, which outranked 87.3% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).