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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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
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 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
Top boys' names in 1948
More about 1948
girls
1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 339,582 of them was named Melvyn, which outranked 13.2% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 797 names at #5,243; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 22,787 of them was named Melvyn, which outranked 81.6% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).