Melvina
Melvina is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 305th, in 1885.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1920136 births
- Best rank
- #305in 1885
- Since 1880
- 6,645people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,645 girls have been named Melvina in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 136 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 136 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1934, and the 1920s alone account for 16%. It has spent 67 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Melvina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 298 | |
| 1890s | 353 | |
| 1900s | 434 | |
| 1910s | 824 | |
| 1920s | 1,058 | |
| 1930s | 685 | |
| 1940s | 737 | |
| 1950s | 731 | |
| 1960s | 582 | |
| 1970s | 427 | |
| 1980s | 266 | |
| 1990s | 134 | |
| 2000s | 77 | |
| 2010s | 30 | |
| 2020s | 9 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Melvina was the 611th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1920 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Melvina
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Corneliapeak 1921
- Rosapeak 1925
- Bertapeak 1926
- Minervapeak 1955
- Anniepeak 1922
- Susiepeak 1919
- Dolliepeak 1921
- Florapeak 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.