Melville
Last seen for girls in 1921 at #4,023 · Last seen for boys in 1981 at #6,262
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 17 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,269since 1880
Melville over time
Rank among boys' names. Melville has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
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| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
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| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,682 | 11 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,445 | 12 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,476 | 11 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,539 | 11 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,530 | 11 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,177 | 14 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,263 | 13 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,302 | 12 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,956 | 16 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,958 | 16 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,461 | 27 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,598 | 22 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,538 | 23 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,380 | 28 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,400 | 27 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,733 | 19 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,601 | 20 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,270 | 27 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,173 | 32 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,577 | 20 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,334 | 27 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,333 | 25 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,227 | 30 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,359 | 24 | |
| 1938 | — | #963 | 43 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,180 | 31 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,356 | 24 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,123 | 34 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,241 | 29 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,013 | 40 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,216 | 31 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,217 | 32 | |
| 1930 | — | #967 | 49 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,078 | 41 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,228 | 34 | |
| 1927 | — | #951 | 53 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,034 | 45 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,073 | 42 | |
| 1924 | — | #838 | 66 | |
| 1923 | — | #896 | 58 | |
| 1922 | — | #794 | 71 | |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #939 | 56 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #887 | 60 |
| 1919 | — | #890 | 56 | |
| 1918 | — | #728 | 77 | |
| 1917 | — | #822 | 60 | |
| 1916 | — | #763 | 64 | |
| 1915 | — | #725 | 67 | |
| 1914 | — | #678 | 56 | |
| 1913 | — | #777 | 37 | |
| 1912 | — | #622 | 44 | |
| 1911 | — | #793 | 17 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | #679 | 16 | |
| 1908 | — | #946 | 9 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #674 | 13 | |
| 1905 | — | #786 | 10 | |
| 1904 | — | #686 | 12 | |
| 1903 | — | #595 | 14 | |
| 1902 | — | #556 | 15 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | #613 | 11 | |
| 1898 | — | #701 | 10 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #674 | 11 | |
| 1895 | — | #456 | 19 | |
| 1894 | — | #439 | 19 | |
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | — | #547 | 14 | |
| 1891 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | #482 | 15 | |
| 1888 | — | #609 | 11 | |
| 1887 | — | #583 | 10 | |
| 1886 | — | #578 | 11 | |
| 1885 | — | #604 | 10 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #425 | 17 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Melville was already there! It came in at #425, and was given to 17 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1972, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Melville
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1981
- Biggest jump: 267 spots in 1909 (#946 → #679)
- Biggest drop: 402 spots in 1890 (#482 → #884)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #425 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1880–1924
- Highest: 1 in 6,093 boys born in 1894 were named Melville (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 358,235 boys born in 1981 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #425 in 1880, was only 1 in 6,499 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.2% of all boys named Melville (526) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 110 | #425 (1880) | #588 |
| 1890s | 115 | #439 (1894) | #652 |
| 1900s | 116 | #556 (1902) | #747 |
| 1910s | 491 | #622 (1912) | #766 |
| 1920s | 526 | #794 (1922) | #972 |
| 1930s | 337 | #963 (1938) | #1,164 |
| 1940s | 255 | #1,173 (1944) | #1,403 |
| 1950s | 164 | #1,461 (1952) | #2,041 |
| 1960s | 100 | #2,423 (1960) | #2,744 |
| 1970s | 50 | #2,857 (1973) | #4,531 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,262 (1981) | #6,262 |
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.
Melville in 1908
Top boys' names in 1908
More about 1908
boys
154,336 boys got a published name in 1908; 1 in 17,148 of them was named Melville, which outranked 40.3% of the 1,584 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).