Melvan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Melvan

The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Melvan between 1918 and 1936, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Melvan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1936. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melvan performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Melvan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melvan 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 27 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.