Melvia

Girl · recorded 1888–1988

  • 1988last recorded
  • 1910best year

Most popular in 1910.

Last recorded in 1988. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Melvia.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1888

0173318881913193819631988

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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 69 recorded years as a table
Melvia, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188828
190716
190818
191033
191313
191411
19156
191615
19176
191813
191912
192011
19218
192214
192316
192412
19258
192617
192720
192823
192912
193027
193117
193212
193315
193420
193510
193612
193720
193823
193922
194017
194118
194213
194318
194413
194515
19469
194713
19486
194910
195011
19519
19529
19537
195414
195511
19567
19578
19589
19598
19607
19617
19624
19635
19645
19653
19664
19678
19683
19698
19703
19724
19733
19746
19824
19863
19873
19883

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Melvia 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1988
5
Rank in 1988
#11,798
How rare
1 in 356,170 girls
Since 1888
972

Melvia was last recorded in 1988. 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 1910, at 33 per million girls born.

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

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