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.

Melville

#2,892 most common boys' name of all time · #6,995 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–1981

Rank among boys
#2,892
Rank overall
#6,995 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
98 of 146
All-time
2,283
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1918 #728
Best rank
#437 1880
Girls Boys peak 77/yr
188019001920194019601980

Melville 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1981 — 5 5 #6,290
1979 — 6 6 #5,369
1978 — 5 5 #5,801
1977 — 6 6 #5,137
1976 — 7 7 #4,436
1973 — 12 12 #2,870
1971 — 5 5 #4,930
1970 — 9 9 #3,297
1969 — 11 11 #2,691
1968 — 12 12 #2,451
1967 — 6 6 #3,575
1966 — 7 7 #3,260
1965 — 11 11 #2,482
1964 — 10 10 #2,682
1963 — 11 11 #2,549
1962 — 11 11 #2,520
1961 — 9 9 #2,912
1960 — 12 12 #2,430
1959 — 11 11 #2,539
1958 — 14 14 #2,183
1957 — 10 10 #2,643
1956 — 13 13 #2,273
1955 — 12 12 #2,308
1954 — 16 16 #1,962
1953 — 16 16 #1,966
1952 — 27 27 #1,464
1951 — 22 22 #1,603
1950 — 23 23 #1,539
1949 — 28 28 #1,383
1948 — 27 27 #1,402
1947 — 19 19 #1,739
1946 — 20 20 #1,604
1945 — 27 27 #1,271
1944 — 32 32 #1,176
1943 — 20 20 #1,584
1942 — 27 27 #1,335
1941 — 25 25 #1,339
1940 — 30 30 #1,231
1939 — 24 24 #1,365
1938 — 43 43 #965
1937 — 31 31 #1,182
1936 — 24 24 #1,359
1935 — 34 34 #1,125
1934 — 29 29 #1,242
1933 — 40 40 #1,014
1932 — 31 31 #1,219
1931 — 32 32 #1,218
1930 — 49 49 #967
1929 — 41 41 #1,078
1928 — 34 34 #1,231
1927 — 53 53 #953
1926 — 45 45 #1,034
1925 — 42 42 #1,074
1924 — 66 66 #840
1923 — 58 58 #897
1922 — 71 71 #794
1921 7 56 63 #939
1920 7 60 67 #890
1919 — 56 56 #893
1918 — 77 77 #728
1917 — 60 60 #827
1916 — 64 64 #766
1915 — 67 67 #727
1914 — 56 56 #682
1913 — 37 37 #781
1912 — 44 44 #627
1911 — 17 17 #798
1910 — 13 13 #877
1909 — 16 16 #684
1908 — 9 9 #959
1907 — 9 9 #939
1906 — 13 13 #686
1905 — 10 10 #797
1904 — 12 12 #699
1903 — 14 14 #601
1902 — 15 15 #565
1901 — 8 8 #791
1900 — 10 10 #848
1899 — 11 11 #633
1898 — 10 10 #710
1897 — 7 7 #868
1896 — 11 11 #689
1895 — 19 19 #465
1894 — 19 19 #452
1893 — 10 10 #665
1892 — 14 14 #552
1891 — 8 8 #717
1890 — 6 6 #902
1889 — 15 15 #485
1888 — 11 11 #619
1887 — 10 10 #595
1886 — 11 11 #584
1885 — 10 10 #607
1884 — 11 11 #577
1883 — 11 11 #564
1882 — 8 8 #700
1881 — 6 6 #790
1880 — 17 17 #437