Melvin

Girl · recorded 1895–1991

  • 1991last recorded
  • 1928best year

Most popular in 1928.

Last recorded in 1991. 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 1895

0275418951919194319671991

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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 89 recorded years as a table
Melvin, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189521
189721
190223
190517
190722
190818
190926
191033
191126
191229
191322
191435
191518
191622
191722
191826
191925
192030
192132
192236
192336
192442
192527
192629
192736
192854
192936
193041
193134
193232
193335
193430
193521
193638
193723
193822
193928
194031
194124
194220
194324
194425
194519
194620
194719
194815
194920
195022
195113
195219
195316
195419
195517
195612
195714
195811
19599
196014
196113
196218
196314
196414
196513
196612
196712
19689
196912
197016
197114
19728
19738
197417
197510
197614
197710
19788
197911
198011
19814
19828
19834
19847
19856
19867
19875
19887
19894
19904
19913

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Melvin 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 1991
5
Rank in 1991
#13,147
How rare
1 in 375,001 girls
Since 1895
2,139

Melvin was last recorded in 1991. 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 1928, at 54 per million girls born.

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

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