Melford
#4,351 most common boys' name of all time · #10,683 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1904–1982
Rank among boys
#4,351
Rank overall
#10,683 of 105,966
First appeared
1904
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
1,175
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921 #1,043
Best rank
#1,043 1921
Girls
Boys
peak 46/yr
Melford first appears in 1904. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,087 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,959 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,699 |
| 1975 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,394 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,269 |
| 1972 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,695 |
| 1971 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,439 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,846 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,792 |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,669 |
| 1965 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,621 |
| 1964 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,111 |
| 1963 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,465 |
| 1962 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,721 |
| 1961 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,965 |
| 1959 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,457 |
| 1958 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,107 |
| 1957 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,422 |
| 1956 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,307 |
| 1955 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,250 |
| 1954 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,372 |
| 1953 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1952 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,904 |
| 1951 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,665 |
| 1950 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,982 |
| 1949 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,737 |
| 1948 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,588 |
| 1947 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,825 |
| 1946 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,582 |
| 1945 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,564 |
| 1944 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,377 |
| 1943 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,670 |
| 1942 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,567 |
| 1941 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,567 |
| 1940 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,851 |
| 1939 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,513 |
| 1938 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,424 |
| 1937 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,229 |
| 1936 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,447 |
| 1935 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,572 |
| 1934 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,701 |
| 1933 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,393 |
| 1932 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,571 |
| 1931 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,576 |
| 1930 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,421 |
| 1929 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,231 |
| 1928 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,346 |
| 1927 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,341 |
| 1926 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,454 |
| 1925 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,119 |
| 1924 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,318 |
| 1923 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,110 |
| 1922 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,360 |
| 1921 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,043 |
| 1920 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,576 |
| 1919 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,735 |
| 1918 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,282 |
| 1917 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,517 |
| 1916 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,155 |
| 1915 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,845 |
| 1914 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,379 |
| 1913 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,769 |
| 1912 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,403 |
| 1911 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,685 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,423 |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,539 |
| 1904 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,203 |