Melbourne
Melbourne is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 984th, in 1913.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192244 births
- Best rank
- #984in 1913
- Since 1890
- 1,012people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,012 boys have been named Melbourne in the United States since 1890, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1922, with 44 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 44 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1927, and the 1920s alone account for 32%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1922, its biggest year
Melbourne was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1922 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1922.
Names that rose and fell with Melbourne
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Orvinpeak 1917
- Hilbertpeak 1922
- Verlpeak 1918
- Burdettepeak 1922
- Eldredpeak 1921
- Mayopeak 1915
- Virgelpeak 1920
- Wilburtpeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.