Melvin

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #958in 2025
  • 1 in 7,029boys in 2025
  • −25%last ten years
  • 3.9×in Pennsylvania

Most popular in 1928. Quieter now: down 25% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,9183,83618801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Melvin, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880932
1881754
1882756
1883918
1884830
18851,020
1886749
1887937
1888985
1889877
1890883
18911,067
1892934
1893988
18941,080
18951,346
18961,321
18971,135
18981,296
18991,563
19001,535
19011,653
19022,022
19031,929
19041,826
19052,199
19062,140
19072,254
19082,371
19092,732
19102,482
19112,629
19122,756
19133,203
19143,152
19153,276
19163,353
19173,409
19183,423
19193,453
19203,492
19213,529
19223,591
19233,660
19243,680
19253,715
19263,777
19273,729
19283,836
19293,812
19303,689
19313,559
19323,616
19333,619
19343,585
19353,457
19363,596
19373,647
19383,442
19393,481
19403,395
19413,217
19423,032
19432,851
19442,748
19452,532
19462,304
19472,279
19482,312
19492,239
19502,171
19512,038
19522,017
19531,932
19541,820
19551,770
19561,720
19571,575
19581,484
19591,485
19601,412
19611,338
19621,246
19631,253
19641,220
19651,199
19661,146
19671,057
19681,035
1969990
1970903
1971892
1972898
1973885
1974761
1975774
1976743
1977696
1978708
1979673
1980618
1981587
1982570
1983529
1984503
1985491
1986468
1987441
1988466
1989450
1990458
1991422
1992393
1993372
1994362
1995345
1996316
1997313
1998302
1999289
2000267
2001275
2002468
2003332
2004309
2005314
2006327
2007305
2008290
2009270
2010238
2011205
2012207
2013213
2014201
2015190
2016178
2017177
2018184
2019175
2020187
2021175
2022172
2023175
2024161
2025142

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Pennsylvania 3.9×
  2. Maryland 3.1×
  3. Virginia 2.0×
  4. Ohio 1.6×
  5. Michigan 1.6×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
243
Rank in 2025
#958
How rare
1 in 7,029 boys
Since 1880
244,936

Most popular in 1928, at 3,836 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 25% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Pennsylvania3.9×96
Maryland3.1×34
Virginia2.0×35
Ohio1.6×41
Michigan1.6×30

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.