Fewer than five US girls were named Melvina in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #305, reached in 1885. The most girls given the name in a single year was 136, in 1920. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #1,015 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Melvina in 136 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 21 babies. In all, 6,645 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,058 babies named Melvina.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 21 US girls were named Melvina; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 9.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Melva (14,185 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Malvina and Melvena are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Vina.