Meaning not yet researched.
Melvyn: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #323 in 1938.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #323 in 1938. No US babies were recorded with the name Melvyn in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #323 in 1938.
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Melvyn: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #323 in 1938 · most boys in one year: 293 (1938).
Fewer than five US boys were named Melvyn in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #323, reached in 1938. That year also had the most boys given the name: 293. For comparison, it was #13,385 in 2015 and #1,155 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Melvyn in 109 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1912 with 5 babies. In all, 4,370 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 1,508 babies named Melvyn.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 56 US boys were named Melvyn; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 12.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Melvin (247,075 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Melvyn in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | — | — | 5 | #13,492 |
| 2022 | — | — | 6 | #11,808 |
| 2021 | — | — | 11 | #7,425 |
| 2020 | — | — | 12 | #6,895 |
| 2019 | — | — | 10 | #8,007 |
| 2017 | — | — | 5 | #13,595 |
| 2016 | — | — | 7 | #10,371 |
| 2015 | — | — | 5 | #13,385 |
| 2013 | — | — | 6 | #11,687 |
| 2012 | — | — | 8 | #9,419 |
| 2011 | — | — | 9 | #8,540 |
| 2010 | — | — | 9 | #8,564 |
| 2009 | — | — | 9 | #8,761 |
| 2008 | — | — | 18 | #5,188 |
| 2007 | — | — | 14 | #6,155 |
| 2006 | — | — | 20 | #4,628 |
| 2005 | — | — | 13 | #6,103 |
| 2004 | — | — | 7 | #9,604 |
| 2003 | — | — | 11 | #6,569 |
| 2002 | — | — | 18 | #4,434 |
| 2001 | — | — | 12 | #5,903 |
| 2000 | — | — | 8 | #7,942 |
| 1999 | — | — | 11 | #5,916 |
| 1998 | — | — | 6 | #9,240 |
| 1997 | — | — | 9 | #6,436 |
| 1995 | — | — | 7 | #7,526 |
| 1994 | — | — | 9 | #6,181 |
| 1993 | — | — | 7 | #7,339 |
| 1992 | — | — | 6 | #8,106 |
| 1991 | — | — | 10 | #5,376 |
| 1990 | — | — | 10 | #5,255 |
| 1989 | — | — | 9 | #5,448 |
| 1988 | — | — | 8 | #5,546 |
| 1987 | — | — | 8 | #5,281 |
| 1986 | — | — | 9 | #4,716 |
| 1985 | — | — | 6 | #6,256 |
| 1984 | — | — | 8 | #4,834 |
| 1983 | — | — | 12 | #3,551 |
| 1982 | — | — | 11 | #3,859 |
| 1981 | — | — | 10 | #4,044 |
| 1980 | — | — | 14 | #3,197 |
| 1979 | — | — | 14 | #3,110 |
| 1978 | — | — | 7 | #4,871 |
| 1977 | — | — | 11 | #3,515 |
| 1976 | — | — | 21 | #2,216 |
| 1975 | — | — | 6 | #5,226 |
| 1974 | — | — | 8 | #4,061 |
| 1973 | — | — | 14 | #2,673 |
| 1972 | — | — | 7 | #4,285 |
| 1971 | — | — | 18 | #2,248 |
| 1970 | — | — | 12 | #2,827 |
| 1969 | — | — | 19 | #1,957 |
| 1968 | — | — | 21 | #1,767 |
| 1967 | — | — | 12 | #2,430 |
| 1966 | — | — | 27 | #1,502 |
| 1965 | — | — | 16 | #2,047 |
| 1964 | — | — | 24 | #1,644 |
| 1963 | — | — | 25 | #1,618 |
| 1962 | — | — | 16 | #2,092 |
| 1961 | — | — | 19 | #1,923 |
| 1960 | — | — | 29 | #1,510 |
| 1959 | — | — | 33 | #1,378 |
| 1958 | — | — | 29 | #1,468 |
| 1957 | — | — | 21 | #1,776 |
| 1956 | — | — | 21 | #1,752 |
| 1955 | — | — | 33 | #1,331 |
| 1954 | — | — | 22 | #1,656 |
| 1953 | — | — | 23 | #1,620 |
| 1952 | — | — | 18 | #1,842 |
| 1951 | — | — | 36 | #1,236 |
| 1950 | — | — | 39 | #1,155 |
| 1949 | — | — | 80 | #772 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,763 | 77 | #778 |
| 1947 | — | — | 100 | #694 |
| 1946 | — | — | 76 | #765 |
| 1945 | — | — | 78 | #689 |
| 1944 | — | — | 89 | #661 |
| 1943 | — | — | 177 | #467 |
| 1942 | — | — | 282 | #359 |
| 1941 | — | — | 290 | #339 |
| 1940 | — | — | 254 | #359 |
| 1939 | — | — | 273 | #340 |
| 1938 | — | — | 293 | #323 |
| 1937 | — | — | 221 | #365 |
| 1936 | — | — | 120 | #515 |
| 1935 | — | — | 90 | #622 |
| 1934 | — | — | 74 | #714 |
| 1933 | — | — | 73 | #709 |
| 1932 | — | — | 93 | #619 |
| 1931 | — | — | 54 | #874 |
| 1930 | — | — | 38 | #1,147 |
| 1929 | 5 | #5,059 | 45 | #1,022 |
| 1928 | — | — | 31 | #1,319 |
| 1927 | — | — | 43 | #1,093 |
| 1926 | — | — | 43 | #1,080 |
| 1925 | — | — | 54 | #921 |
| 1924 | — | — | 41 | #1,129 |
| 1923 | — | — | 43 | #1,096 |
| 1922 | — | — | 32 | #1,301 |
| 1921 | — | — | 42 | #1,097 |
| 1920 | — | — | 24 | #1,578 |
| 1919 | — | — | 20 | #1,739 |
| 1918 | — | — | 24 | #1,520 |
| 1917 | — | — | 33 | #1,195 |
| 1916 | — | — | 14 | #2,114 |
| 1915 | — | — | 16 | #1,856 |
| 1914 | — | — | 13 | #1,833 |
| 1913 | — | — | 11 | #1,767 |
| 1912 | — | — | 5 | #2,785 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).