Melva
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1937
300 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
14,185
since 1880
Born a Melva? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Melva was most popular in 1937, when 300 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.28 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Melva in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 103%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 5 | 15293 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 5 | 15902 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 5 | 16513 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 6 | 14582 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 6 | 15491 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 7 | 13606 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 7 | 13010 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 7 | 12761 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 7 | 11801 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 14411 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 8 | 9802 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 9 | 8812 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 10 | 8079 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 10 | 8122 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 16 | 5673 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 8 | 9491 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 21 | 4650 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 29 | 3623 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 17 | 5049 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 21 | 4172 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 14 | 5312 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 17 | 4539 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 14 | 5077 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 22 | 3613 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 30 | 2853 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 23 | 3530 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 34 | 2657 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 53 | 1981 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 54 | 1917 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 41 | 2237 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 50 | 1952 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 40 | 2135 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 48 | 1877 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 60 | 1578 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 56 | 1622 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 60 | 1541 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 88 | 1253 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 57 | 1637 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 85 | 1208 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 68 | 1347 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 79 | 1196 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 96 | 1072 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 110 | 989 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 107 | 1047 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 101 | 1073 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 123 | 957 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 123 | 972 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 149 | 851 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 124 | 941 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 164 | 780 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 185 | 738 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 201 | 677 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 193 | 675 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 207 | 633 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 208 | 613 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 224 | 578 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 253 | 521 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 218 | 566 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 235 | 545 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 210 | 578 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 247 | 535 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 224 | 524 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 233 | 469 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 220 | 482 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 283 | 441 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 264 | 453 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 262 | 424 | 6 | 3133 |
| 1940 | 290 | 399 | 6 | 3130 |
| 1939 | 280 | 401 | 5 | 3480 |
| 1938 | 308 | 378 | 5 | 3534 |
| 1937 | 300 | 371 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 274 | 384 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 276 | 381 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 246 | 417 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 244 | 407 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 296 | 376 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 277 | 392 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 258 | 407 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 300 | 389 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 276 | 407 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 285 | 405 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 263 | 422 | 8 | 3139 |
| 1925 | 276 | 416 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 288 | 408 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 291 | 390 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 239 | 430 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 284 | 403 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 279 | 396 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 241 | 418 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 206 | 465 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 220 | 431 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 225 | 416 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 207 | 419 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 135 | 470 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 117 | 461 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 106 | 461 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 57 | 564 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 71 | 480 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 45 | 574 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 54 | 493 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 51 | 500 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 37 | 578 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 45 | 506 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 39 | 529 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 36 | 539 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 29 | 612 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 25 | 630 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 23 | 760 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 21 | 680 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 17 | 821 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 16 | 786 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 17 | 790 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 16 | 788 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 12 | 905 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 10 | 955 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 20 | 638 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 9 | 943 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 12 | 791 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 10 | 839 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 11 | 793 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 8 | 860 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1885 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1884 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 5 | 920 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1881 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 6 | 738 | <5 | — |
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Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years