Melvin — #871 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Melvin

The Social Security Administration has registered 244,676 babies named Melvin between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Melvin currently holds the #871 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 4,249 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melvin performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 40,583 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Melvin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 14,414 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Melvin in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melvin 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 244,676 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.