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 | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 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 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 171,184 of them was named Melville, which outranked 31.4% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,598Zelta8
- #3,598Zenia8
- #3,598Zerline8
- #3,957Melville7
- #3,957Adabelle7
- #3,957Adair7
- #3,957Adalee7
- #4,398Achsah6
- #4,398Adelaine6
- #4,398Adelma6
Tied with 440 names at #3,957; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 17,739 of them was named Melville, which outranked 82.2% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #877Ludwig61
- #877Norval61
- #877Virgle61
- #887Melville60
- #887Archibald60
- #887Benjiman60
- #887Gaston60
- #896Addison59
- #896Armond59
- #896Gino59
Tied with 8 names at #887; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.