Melvinia

Girl · recorded 1893–1976

  • 1976last recorded
  • 1893best year

Most popular in 1893.

Last recorded in 1976. 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 Melvinia.

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 1893

0122318931914193519551976

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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 36 recorded years as a table
Melvinia, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189323
190017
190818
191114
19147
19208
19217
19225
19254
19264
19278
19325
19335
19355
19365
19376
19385
19396
19416
19436
19454
19465
19483
19504
19515
19523
19533
19553
19602
19635
19643
19654
19663
19694
19725
19763

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Melvinia 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 1976
5
Rank in 1976
#9,284
How rare
1 in 293,019 girls
Since 1893
225

Melvinia was last recorded in 1976. 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 1893, at 23 per million girls born.

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

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