Melvina
Melvina was last recorded in 2023, when 9 babies were given it; 6,645 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,560 Americans named Melvina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (39% of everyone recorded); the median is 64 years old and half are between 50 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Melvina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Melvina?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #10,885, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
136 babies in 1920, the peak
Melvina peaked in 1920, when 136 girls were given it, #611 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 | #10,885 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 7 | #13,335 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 5 | #17,572 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 5 | #18,334 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 5 | #18,364 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 8 | #13,069 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 5 | #19,228 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 9 | #12,266 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 6 | #16,880 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 9 | #12,072 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (136)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | #18,252 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 8 | #12,363 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 8 | #12,014 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,795 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,712 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,366 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 8 | #11,039 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,857 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 13 | #7,136 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 13 | #7,001 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 7 | #11,315 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,939 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,591 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,344 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,428 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,731 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,197 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,762 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,822 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,652 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,587 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 29 | #3,038 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,217 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 33 | #2,810 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,828 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 40 | #2,420 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 35 | #2,607 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,912 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 44 | #2,151 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,986 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 55 | #1,722 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 39 | #2,119 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,933 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 34 | #2,260 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 55 | #1,676 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 49 | #1,817 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 64 | #1,475 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 53 | #1,589 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 49 | #1,634 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,596 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 51 | #1,566 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 60 | #1,467 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 73 | #1,296 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 51 | #1,587 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 71 | #1,322 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 60 | #1,423 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 66 | #1,320 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 70 | #1,271 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 64 | #1,329 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 79 | #1,174 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 91 | #1,057 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 60 | #1,282 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 70 | #1,161 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 78 | #1,069 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 71 | #1,107 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 82 | #1,014 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 79 | #1,012 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 69 | #1,065 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 85 | #967 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 65 | #1,054 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 71 | #899 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 69 | #931 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 75 | #901 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 64 | #984 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 76 | #835 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 84 | #768 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 64 | #881 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 62 | #902 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 62 | #881 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 71 | #804 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 68 | #839 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 63 | #863 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 66 | #825 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 81 | #752 | 0.08 |
| 1931 | 72 | #802 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 76 | #815 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 79 | #793 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 90 | #753 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 92 | #754 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 105 | #712 | 0.09 |
| 1925 | 88 | #789 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 116 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1923 | 121 | #676 | 0.10 |
| 1922 | 118 | #673 | 0.10 |
| 1921 | 113 | #697 | 0.09 |
| 1920 | 136 | #611 | 0.11 |
| 1919 | 96 | #714 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 96 | #733 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 112 | #644 | 0.10 |
| 1916 | 85 | #735 | 0.08 |
| 1915 | 106 | #642 | 0.11 |
| 1914 | 97 | #575 | 0.13 |
| 1913 | 66 | #642 | 0.11 |
| 1912 | 57 | #666 | 0.10 |
| 1911 | 59 | #554 | 0.14 |
| 1910 | 50 | #592 | 0.13 |
| 1909 | 46 | #571 | 0.13 |
| 1908 | 40 | #599 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 46 | #533 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 35 | #607 | 0.12 |
| 1905 | 46 | #504 | 0.16 |
| 1904 | 47 | #483 | 0.17 |
| 1903 | 43 | #489 | 0.16 |
| 1902 | 52 | #432 | 0.20 |
| 1901 | 34 | #528 | 0.14 |
| 1900 | 45 | #507 | 0.15 |
| 1899 | 28 | #591 | 0.12 |
| 1898 | 45 | #463 | 0.17 |
| 1897 | 38 | #468 | 0.16 |
| 1896 | 40 | #460 | 0.17 |
| 1895 | 39 | #468 | 0.17 |
| 1894 | 35 | #483 | 0.16 |
| 1893 | 35 | #452 | 0.16 |
| 1892 | 38 | #438 | 0.18 |
| 1891 | 18 | #636 | 0.10 |
| 1890 | 37 | #421 | 0.19 |
| 1889 | 30 | #449 | 0.17 |
| 1888 | 40 | #385 | 0.22 |
| 1887 | 38 | #352 | 0.26 |
| 1886 | 23 | #458 | 0.16 |
| 1885 | 44 | #305 | 0.33 |
| 1884 | 31 | #364 | 0.24 |
| 1883 | 21 | #420 | 0.19 |
| 1882 | 25 | #356 | 0.23 |
| 1881 | 25 | #323 | 0.27 |
| 1880 | 21 | #362 | 0.23 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Melvina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Melvina has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 136 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Melvina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Melvina, and how old are they?
2,560 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 39% of the 6,645 Americans ever recorded as Melvina. The median Melvina alive today is 64 years old; half are between 50 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 2,717 people named Melvina (2,708 women and girls, 9 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,962 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 375 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,040 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 679 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 317 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 117 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 31 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Melvina born?
The states with the most babies named Melvina are Louisiana, New York and Mississippi, with 42% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana and Mississippi are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 350 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| New York | 232 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Mississippi | 125 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 114 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 102 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| South Carolina | 86 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 72 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Oklahoma | 62 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| California | 57 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Texas | 57 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Melvina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Melvina is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 2.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Melvina with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 7,753 babies since 1880, Melvina is the most given (86% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Melvina
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Melvina and names like it
- Compare Melvina and MelvenaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMelvina peaked in 1920.
- Louisiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Melvina since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Melvina.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Melvina alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.