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.

Melvyn

#1,903 most common boys' name of all time · #4,598 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1912–2023

Rank among boys
#1,903
Rank overall
#4,598 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
109 of 146
All-time
4,370
Since 2016
56
Peak year
1938 #323
Best rank
#323 1938
Girls Boys peak 293/yr
192019401960198020002020

Melvyn first appears in 1912. 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
2023 — 5 5 #12,359
2022 — 6 6 #10,952
2021 — 11 11 #7,122
2020 — 12 12 #6,666
2019 — 10 10 #7,693
2017 — 5 5 #12,356
2016 — 7 7 #9,746
2015 — 5 5 #12,195
2013 — 6 6 #10,804
2012 — 8 8 #8,930
2011 — 9 9 #8,139
2010 — 9 9 #8,198
2009 — 9 9 #8,361
2008 — 18 18 #5,080
2007 — 14 14 #5,937
2006 — 20 20 #4,537
2005 — 13 13 #5,920
2004 — 7 7 #9,021
2003 — 11 11 #6,302
2002 — 18 18 #4,348
2001 — 12 12 #5,704
2000 — 8 8 #7,489
1999 — 11 11 #5,703
1998 — 6 6 #8,572
1997 — 9 9 #6,175
1995 — 7 7 #7,075
1994 — 9 9 #5,942
1993 — 7 7 #6,917
1992 — 6 6 #7,545
1991 — 10 10 #5,161
1990 — 10 10 #5,044
1989 — 9 9 #5,228
1988 — 8 8 #5,294
1987 — 8 8 #5,054
1986 — 9 9 #4,537
1985 — 6 6 #5,884
1984 — 8 8 #4,641
1983 — 12 12 #3,473
1982 — 11 11 #3,766
1981 — 10 10 #3,922
1980 — 14 14 #3,142
1979 — 14 14 #3,058
1978 — 7 7 #4,661
1977 — 11 11 #3,450
1976 — 21 21 #2,201
1975 — 6 6 #4,931
1974 — 8 8 #3,926
1973 — 14 14 #2,642
1972 — 7 7 #4,084
1971 — 18 18 #2,236
1970 — 12 12 #2,797
1969 — 19 19 #1,944
1968 — 21 21 #1,763
1967 — 12 12 #2,406
1966 — 27 27 #1,501
1965 — 16 16 #2,042
1964 — 24 24 #1,633
1963 — 25 25 #1,609
1962 — 16 16 #2,077
1961 — 19 19 #1,922
1960 — 29 29 #1,511
1959 — 33 33 #1,382
1958 — 29 29 #1,467
1957 — 21 21 #1,777
1956 — 21 21 #1,750
1955 — 33 33 #1,335
1954 — 22 22 #1,658
1953 — 23 23 #1,619
1952 — 18 18 #1,844
1951 — 36 36 #1,236
1950 — 39 39 #1,162
1949 — 80 80 #773
1948 5 77 82 #779
1947 — 100 100 #695
1946 — 76 76 #766
1945 — 78 78 #690
1944 — 89 89 #660
1943 — 177 177 #468
1942 — 282 282 #359
1941 — 290 290 #339
1940 — 254 254 #360
1939 — 273 273 #340
1938 — 293 293 #323
1937 — 221 221 #367
1936 — 120 120 #517
1935 — 90 90 #623
1934 — 74 74 #715
1933 — 73 73 #709
1932 — 93 93 #619
1931 — 54 54 #878
1930 — 38 38 #1,149
1929 5 45 50 #1,025
1928 — 31 31 #1,322
1927 — 43 43 #1,096
1926 — 43 43 #1,091
1925 — 54 54 #923
1924 — 41 41 #1,132
1923 — 43 43 #1,100
1922 — 32 32 #1,307
1921 — 42 42 #1,100
1920 — 24 24 #1,588
1919 — 20 20 #1,750
1918 — 24 24 #1,537
1917 — 33 33 #1,202
1916 — 14 14 #2,140
1915 — 16 16 #1,868
1914 — 13 13 #1,860
1913 — 11 11 #1,798
1912 — 5 5 #2,846