Melvie

Girl · recorded 1900–1956

  • 1956last recorded
  • 1900best year

Most popular in 1900.

Last recorded in 1956. 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 Melvie.

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 1900

091719001914192819421956

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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 37 recorded years as a table
Melvie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190017
19129
19159
191611
19178
191811
19205
19218
192211
19235
19249
19258
19266
19279
192813
192910
19305
19317
193210
193312
19347
193512
193615
19378
193814
19398
194012
19419
19427
19436
19447
19457
19464
19473
19494
19553
19563

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Melvie 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 1956
6
Rank in 1956
#5,325
How rare
1 in 334,617 girls
Since 1900
347

Melvie was last recorded in 1956. 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 1900, at 17 per million girls born.

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

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