Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Melven

#7,198 most common boys' name of all time · #18,077 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1913–1968

Rank among boys
#7,198
Rank overall
#18,077 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
511
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1925 #1,674
Best rank
#1,578 1932
Girls Boys peak 22/yr
192019401960

Melven first appears in 1913. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1968 — 5 5 #4,318
1966 — 7 7 #3,361
1964 — 10 10 #2,757
1960 — 5 5 #4,233
1955 — 6 6 #3,662
1954 — 7 7 #3,317
1953 — 11 11 #2,465
1951 — 5 5 #3,909
1950 — 6 6 #3,492
1949 — 7 7 #3,150
1948 — 11 11 #2,403
1947 — 11 11 #2,445
1946 — 6 6 #3,339
1945 — 8 8 #2,680
1944 — 12 12 #2,159
1943 — 10 10 #2,514
1942 — 10 10 #2,475
1941 — 10 10 #2,446
1940 — 6 6 #3,306
1939 — 11 11 #2,246
1938 — 15 15 #1,886
1936 — 10 10 #2,402
1935 — 11 11 #2,355
1934 — 10 10 #2,504
1933 — 10 10 #2,489
1932 — 21 21 #1,578
1931 — 11 11 #2,440
1930 — 18 18 #1,809
1929 — 13 13 #2,292
1928 — 15 15 #2,146
1927 — 20 20 #1,792
1926 — 15 15 #2,165
1925 — 22 22 #1,674
1924 — 16 16 #2,115
1923 — 15 15 #2,208
1922 — 20 20 #1,820
1921 — 20 20 #1,820
1920 — 14 14 #2,313
1919 — 14 14 #2,254
1918 — 10 10 #2,823
1917 — 14 14 #2,174
1916 — 11 11 #2,512
1915 — 8 8 #2,970
1914 — 7 7 #2,816
1913 — 7 7 #2,474