Melva
#1,303 most common girls' name of all time · #2,279 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1880–2024
Rank among girls
#1,303
Rank overall
#2,279 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
123 of 146
All-time
14,185
Since 2016
10
Peak year
1938 #378
Best rank
#371 1937
Girls
Boys
peak 313/yr
Melva is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,310 |
| 2017 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,916 |
| 2014 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,530 |
| 2013 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,593 |
| 2007 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,505 |
| 2006 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,625 |
| 2005 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,021 |
| 2004 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,769 |
| 2000 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,820 |
| 1999 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,426 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,813 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,824 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,090 |
| 1994 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,137 |
| 1993 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,684 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,502 |
| 1991 | 21 | — | 21 | #4,658 |
| 1990 | 29 | — | 29 | #3,629 |
| 1989 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,055 |
| 1988 | 21 | — | 21 | #4,180 |
| 1987 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,321 |
| 1986 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,548 |
| 1985 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,089 |
| 1984 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,615 |
| 1983 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,853 |
| 1982 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,533 |
| 1981 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,660 |
| 1980 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,984 |
| 1979 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,918 |
| 1978 | 41 | — | 41 | #2,238 |
| 1977 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,955 |
| 1976 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,138 |
| 1975 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,881 |
| 1974 | 60 | — | 60 | #1,580 |
| 1973 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,625 |
| 1972 | 60 | — | 60 | #1,546 |
| 1971 | 88 | — | 88 | #1,255 |
| 1970 | 57 | — | 57 | #1,640 |
| 1969 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,208 |
| 1968 | 68 | — | 68 | #1,349 |
| 1967 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,198 |
| 1966 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,073 |
| 1965 | 110 | — | 110 | #992 |
| 1964 | 107 | — | 107 | #1,047 |
| 1963 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,075 |
| 1962 | 123 | — | 123 | #957 |
| 1961 | 123 | — | 123 | #973 |
| 1960 | 149 | — | 149 | #853 |
| 1959 | 124 | — | 124 | #941 |
| 1958 | 164 | — | 164 | #781 |
| 1957 | 185 | — | 185 | #738 |
| 1956 | 201 | — | 201 | #678 |
| 1955 | 193 | — | 193 | #676 |
| 1954 | 207 | — | 207 | #633 |
| 1953 | 208 | — | 208 | #614 |
| 1952 | 224 | — | 224 | #578 |
| 1951 | 253 | — | 253 | #522 |
| 1950 | 218 | — | 218 | #566 |
| 1949 | 235 | — | 235 | #546 |
| 1948 | 210 | — | 210 | #580 |
| 1947 | 247 | — | 247 | #537 |
| 1946 | 224 | — | 224 | #524 |
| 1945 | 233 | — | 233 | #469 |
| 1944 | 220 | — | 220 | #483 |
| 1943 | 283 | — | 283 | #442 |
| 1942 | 264 | — | 264 | #453 |
| 1941 | 262 | 6 | 268 | #424 |
| 1940 | 290 | 6 | 296 | #401 |
| 1939 | 280 | 5 | 285 | #401 |
| 1938 | 308 | 5 | 313 | #378 |
| 1937 | 300 | — | 300 | #371 |
| 1936 | 274 | — | 274 | #385 |
| 1935 | 276 | — | 276 | #381 |
| 1934 | 246 | — | 246 | #417 |
| 1933 | 244 | — | 244 | #407 |
| 1932 | 296 | — | 296 | #378 |
| 1931 | 277 | — | 277 | #392 |
| 1930 | 258 | — | 258 | #408 |
| 1929 | 300 | — | 300 | #389 |
| 1928 | 276 | — | 276 | #408 |
| 1927 | 285 | — | 285 | #405 |
| 1926 | 263 | 8 | 271 | #423 |
| 1925 | 276 | — | 276 | #416 |
| 1924 | 288 | — | 288 | #408 |
| 1923 | 291 | — | 291 | #390 |
| 1922 | 239 | — | 239 | #431 |
| 1921 | 284 | — | 284 | #403 |
| 1920 | 279 | — | 279 | #396 |
| 1919 | 241 | — | 241 | #419 |
| 1918 | 206 | — | 206 | #465 |
| 1917 | 220 | — | 220 | #432 |
| 1916 | 225 | — | 225 | #417 |
| 1915 | 207 | — | 207 | #420 |
| 1914 | 135 | — | 135 | #471 |
| 1913 | 117 | — | 117 | #462 |
| 1912 | 106 | — | 106 | #462 |
| 1911 | 57 | — | 57 | #568 |
| 1910 | 71 | — | 71 | #484 |
| 1909 | 45 | — | 45 | #576 |
| 1908 | 54 | — | 54 | #496 |
| 1907 | 51 | — | 51 | #504 |
| 1906 | 37 | — | 37 | #589 |
| 1905 | 45 | — | 45 | #507 |
| 1904 | 39 | — | 39 | #534 |
| 1903 | 36 | — | 36 | #545 |
| 1902 | 29 | — | 29 | #618 |
| 1901 | 25 | — | 25 | #635 |
| 1900 | 23 | — | 23 | #770 |
| 1899 | 21 | — | 21 | #693 |
| 1898 | 17 | — | 17 | #829 |
| 1897 | 16 | — | 16 | #801 |
| 1896 | 17 | — | 17 | #798 |
| 1895 | 16 | — | 16 | #797 |
| 1894 | 12 | — | 12 | #917 |
| 1893 | 10 | — | 10 | #968 |
| 1892 | 20 | — | 20 | #654 |
| 1891 | 9 | — | 9 | #963 |
| 1890 | 12 | — | 12 | #807 |
| 1889 | 10 | — | 10 | #853 |
| 1888 | 11 | — | 11 | #810 |
| 1887 | 8 | — | 8 | #885 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | 5 | #946 |
| 1880 | 6 | — | 6 | #807 |