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.

Melvon

#18,588 most common boys' name of all time · #48,726 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–2003

Rank among boys
#18,588
Rank overall
#48,726 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
11 of 146
All-time
60
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1930 #3,261
Best rank
#3,261 1930
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
19201940196019802000

Melvon first appears in 1916. 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
2003 — 5 5 #11,096
1997 — 7 7 #7,389
1937 — 5 5 #3,862
1936 — 5 5 #3,897
1930 — 8 8 #3,261
1929 — 5 5 #4,348
1926 — 5 5 #4,578
1925 — 5 5 #4,604
1924 — 5 5 #4,710
1919 — 5 5 #4,554
1916 — 5 5 #4,448