Melva

Girl · recorded 1880–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1937best year

Most popular in 1937.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

014128218801916195219882024

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 123 recorded years as a table
Melva, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188066
188345
188755
188862
188956
189063
189149
189294
189347
189454
189568
189671
189768
189866
189990
190077
1901104
1902110
1903137
1904142
1905154
1906125
1907160
1908162
1909130
1910179
1911136
1912190
1913187
1914177
1915210
1916215
1917203
1918178
1919213
1920233
1921230
1922199
1923241
1924231
1925227
1926222
1927239
1928239
1929269
1930229
1931260
1932277
1933242
1934236
1935263
1936263
1937282
1938279
1939255
1940254
1941217
1942195
1943203
1944166
1945178
1946143
1947139
1948124
1949137
1950127
1951140
1952121
1953111
1954107
195599
1956100
195790
195882
195961
196074
196161
196263
196352
196456
196562
196657
196748
196841
196950
197033
197153
197239
197338
197441
197533
197627
197733
197827
197934
198032
198120
198214
198318
198413
19858
198610
19878
198812
19899
199015
199111
19924
19939
19946
19956
19965
19975
19993
20004
20044
20054
20064
20073
20133
20143
20173
20243

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Melva isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
5
Rank in 2024
#15,293
How rare
1 in 324,038 girls
Since 1880
14,155

Melva was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1937, at 282 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Melva doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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