Melvyn
Melvyn is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 323rd, in 1938.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1938293 births
- Best rank
- #323in 1938
- Since 1912
- 4,360people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,360 boys have been named Melvyn in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1938, with 293 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 293 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1941, and the 1940s alone account for 34%. It has spent 20 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Melvyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 136 | |
| 1920s | 398 | |
| 1930s | 1,329 | |
| 1940s | 1,503 | |
| 1950s | 275 | |
| 1960s | 208 | |
| 1970s | 118 | |
| 1980s | 95 | |
| 1990s | 75 | |
| 2000s | 130 | |
| 2010s | 59 | |
| 2020s | 34 |
In 1938, its biggest year
Melvyn was the 323rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1938 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1938.
Names that rose and fell with Melvyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Autrypeak 1938
- Jerrepeak 1942
- Gearldpeak 1941
- Jerepeak 1941
- Larriepeak 1943
- Dickiepeak 1947
- Rayburnpeak 1938
- Geraldpeak 1942
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.