Melvine — unisex name

What the Data Says About Melvine

The Social Security Administration has registered 270 babies named Melvine between 1912 and 1963, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melvine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 17 babies received it in a single year. Melvine is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 25 additional births since 1923.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melvine performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 97 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Melvine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melvine 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 270 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.