Boys' name · since 1918
Melvan
Melvan has 27 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1926 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,732 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak decade
27 boys have been named Melvan since 1918, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melvan has been recorded 27 times among boys since 1918, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1936.
- #26,732 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 27 born since 1918
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melvan ranks #26,732 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1918, peaking in the 1920s.
- #26,732 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak decade
Melvan's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melvan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melvan's full recorded timeline at 1926, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1924, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1926 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melvan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1936
- Peak year (1926)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Melvan by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (14 births, 52% of the file).
1920s was Melvan's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Melvan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
8 births
- 1920s
1920s
14 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 14 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Melvan's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (14 total births) through the 1930s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Melvan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
Similar record span (~18 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–1936 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Melvan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.