Girls' name · since 1900
Melvie
Melvie has 347 recorded births since 1900 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1936 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,716 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 347
- born since 1900
- 1930s
- peak decade
Melvie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 347 have been recorded since 1900.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melvie has been recorded 347 times among girls since 1900, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1930s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1900 to 1956.
- #14,716 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 347 born since 1900
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melvie ranks #14,716 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 347 born since 1900, peaking in the 1930s.
- #14,716 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 347
- born since 1900
- 1930s
- peak decade
Melvie's 347 recorded births place it above 79.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melvie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Melvie's SSA record in two at 1932 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1900, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1936 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Melvie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–1956
- Peak year (1936)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Melvie by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (104 births, 30% of the file).
1930s was Melvie's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Melvie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
47 births
- 1920s
1920s
100 births
- 1930s
1930s
104 births
- 1940s
1940s
79 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 104 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Melvie's decade-level peak was the 1930s (104 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1950s -- 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 Melvie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1936)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1900–1956 (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 Melvie 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.