Melvyn — boys' name

What the Data Says About Melvyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,360 babies named Melvyn between 1912 and 2023, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Melvyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1938, when 293 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melvyn performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 1,503 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Melvyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 885 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Melvyn in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melvyn 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 4,360 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.