Melvia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Melvia

The Social Security Administration has registered 972 babies named Melvia between 1888 and 1988, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melvia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melvia performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 190 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Melvia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Melvia in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melvia 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 972 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.