Melvena — girls' name
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.
23% of everyone ever named Melvena was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Melvena in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Melvena
The Social Security Administration has registered 383 babies named Melvena between 1915 and 1977, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melvena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Melvena performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Melvena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Melvena 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 383 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.
Melvena at a glance
Last recorded 1977Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Melvena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1915
- Peak year (1916)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 63 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1977.
383 total births across 63 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 13 births in a single year.
Melvena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 88 births that decade — 23% of Melvena's all-time total
Melvena decade highlights
- Peak decade 88 births
- Runner-up 80 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Melvena's strongest decade
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–1977 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.