Melva — #15260 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Melva

The Social Security Administration has registered 14,155 babies named Melva between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melva currently holds the #15260 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1938, when 308 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melva performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,781 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Melva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,568 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Melva in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melva in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 14,155 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.