Girls' name · since 1918
Melvenia
Melvenia has 205 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1950 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,572 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 205
- born since 1918
- 1950s
- peak decade
Melvenia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 205 have been recorded since 1918.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melvenia has been recorded 205 times among girls since 1918, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. 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 1969.
- #19,572 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 205 born since 1918
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melvenia ranks #19,572 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 205 born since 1918, peaking in the 1950s.
- #19,572 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 205
- born since 1918
- 1950s
- peak decade
Melvenia's 205 recorded births place it above 72.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melvenia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melvenia's full recorded timeline at 1949, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1920, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1950 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melvenia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1969
- Peak year (1950)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Melvenia by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (65 births, 32% of the file).
1950s was Melvenia's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Melvenia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 7
1910s
7 births
- 1920s 22
1920s
22 births
- 1930s 25
1930s
25 births
- 1940s
1940s
53 births
- 1950s
1950s
65 births
- 1960s
1960s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 65 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Melvenia's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (65 total births) through the 1960s (33) -- 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 Melvenia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1950)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1918–1969 (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 Melvenia 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.