Melvina · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Melvina.

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 1880

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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 136 recorded years as a table

Melvina, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	231
1881	272
1882	232
1883	187
1884	240
1885	331
1886	159
1887	260
1888	224
1889	168
1890	194
1891	97
1892	179
1893	164
1894	157
1895	167
1896	168
1897	162
1898	174
1899	120
1900	150
1901	142
1902	197
1903	164
1904	171
1905	158
1906	119
1907	144
1908	120
1909	132
1910	126
1911	141
1912	102
1913	106
1914	127
1915	108
1916	81
1917	104
1918	83
1919	85
1920	113
1921	92
1922	98
1923	100
1924	93
1925	72
1926	89
1927	77
1928	78
1929	71
1930	67
1931	68
1932	76
1933	65
1934	60
1935	65
1936	68
1937	58
1938	56
1939	58
1940	73
1941	63
1942	47
1943	54
1944	52
1945	54
1946	41
1947	48
1948	41
1949	46
1950	48
1951	39
1952	42
1953	37
1954	31
1955	47
1956	39
1957	31
1958	35
1959	33
1960	30
1961	35
1962	26
1963	38
1964	32
1965	29
1966	30
1967	30
1968	32
1969	38
1970	28
1971	33
1972	22
1973	29
1974	27
1975	38
1976	31
1977	29
1978	18
1979	22
1980	24
1981	19
1982	19
1983	11
1984	17
1985	14
1986	8
1987	20
1988	14
1989	9
1990	8
1991	12
1992	7
1993	9
1994	7
1995	4
1996	7
1997	7
1998	7
1999	5
2000	7
2001	5
2002	3
2003	4
2004	4
2005	3
2006	5
2007	3
2008	5
2009	3
2010	5
2013	3
2014	3
2017	3
2019	4
2023	6

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Melvina 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

More like Melvina

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023: 9
Rank in 2023: #10,312
How rare: 1 in 178,286 girls
Since 1880: 6,645

Melvina was last recorded in 2023. 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 1885, at 331 per million girls born.

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

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