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.

Melvia

#7,202 most common girls' name of all time · #12,095 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1888–1988

Rank among girls
#7,202
Rank overall
#12,095 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
972
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1930 #1,420
Best rank
#1,309 1910
Girls Boys peak 30/yr
19001920194019601980

Melvia first appears in 1888. 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
1988 5 — 5 #11,880
1987 6 — 6 #9,912
1986 5 — 5 #11,004
1982 7 — 7 #8,295
1974 9 — 9 #5,810
1973 5 — 5 #8,517
1972 6 — 6 #7,380
1970 6 — 6 #7,140
1969 13 — 13 #3,989
1968 5 — 5 #7,114
1967 14 — 14 #3,511
1966 7 — 7 #5,334
1965 6 — 6 #5,887
1964 9 — 9 #4,686
1963 9 — 9 #4,582
1962 7 — 7 #5,370
1961 15 — 15 #3,338
1960 15 — 15 #3,234
1959 16 — 16 #3,005
1958 18 — 18 #2,767
1957 17 — 17 #2,850
1956 14 — 14 #3,222
1955 22 — 22 #2,354
1954 27 — 27 #2,037
1953 14 — 14 #2,960
1952 16 — 16 #2,706
1951 16 — 16 #2,603
1950 19 — 19 #2,279
1949 17 — 17 #2,445
1948 10 — 10 #3,402
1947 23 — 23 #2,057
1946 14 — 14 #2,641
1945 20 — 20 #1,889
1944 17 — 17 #2,134
1943 25 — 25 #1,727
1942 18 — 18 #2,070
1941 22 — 22 #1,717
1940 19 — 19 #1,864
1939 24 — 24 #1,557
1938 25 — 25 #1,518
1937 21 — 21 #1,699
1936 12 — 12 #2,427
1935 11 — 11 #2,622
1934 21 — 21 #1,670
1933 15 — 15 #2,088
1932 13 — 13 #2,415
1931 18 — 18 #1,900
1930 30 — 30 #1,420
1929 13 — 13 #2,478
1928 26 — 26 #1,609
1927 24 — 24 #1,743
1926 20 — 20 #1,953
1925 10 — 10 #3,173
1924 15 — 15 #2,443
1923 19 — 19 #2,042
1922 17 — 17 #2,217
1921 10 — 10 #3,228
1920 13 — 13 #2,633
1919 14 — 14 #2,427
1918 15 — 15 #2,316
1917 6 — 6 #4,142
1916 16 — 16 #2,081
1915 6 — 6 #3,866
1914 8 — 8 #2,709
1913 8 — 8 #2,382
1910 13 — 13 #1,309
1908 6 — 6 #1,954
1907 5 — 5 #2,175
1888 5 — 5 #1,452