Girls' name · since 1915
Melvena
383 babies named Melvena in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,883 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 383
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Melvena is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 383 have been recorded since 1915.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melvena has been recorded 383 times among girls since 1915, though it is not among the currently most-used girls 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 1915 to 1977.
- #13,883 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 383 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melvena ranks #13,883 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 383 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #13,883 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 383
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Melvena's 383 recorded births place it above 80.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melvena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Melvena's SSA record in two at 1940 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1921, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1916 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Melvena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1977
- Peak year (1916)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Melvena by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (88 births, 23% of the file).
1920s was Melvena's strongest decade.
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Melvena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
47 births
- 1920s
1920s
88 births
- 1930s
1930s
67 births
- 1940s
1940s
80 births
- 1950s
1950s
63 births
- 1960s 32
1960s
32 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 88 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Melvena's decade-level peak was the 1920s (88 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Melvena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1915–1977 (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 Melvena 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.