Is Melvin a boy or girl name?
Melvin is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 275 boys were named Melvin, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.9% of the 246,815 US babies named Melvin were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #872
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Melvin since 1880
- 246,815
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 4,311 babies
Boys and girls named Melvin, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 960 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 1,325 | 10 | 0.7% |
| 1900s | 2,840 | 33 | 1.1% |
| 1910s | 21,739 | 204 | 0.9% |
| 1920s | 40,583 | 428 | 1% |
| 1930s | 37,705 | 324 | 0.9% |
| 1940s | 39,236 | 308 | 0.8% |
| 1950s | 36,165 | 290 | 0.8% |
| 1960s | 23,090 | 242 | 1% |
| 1970s | 13,127 | 178 | 1.3% |
| 1980s | 9,432 | 109 | 1.1% |
| 1990s | 6,981 | 13 | 0.2% |
| 2000s | 6,290 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 3,702 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 1,501 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 275 | #872 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 298 | #822 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 300 | #828 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 305 | #803 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 323 | #752 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 314 | #758 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 333 | #720 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 328 | #731 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 336 | #729 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 364 | #692 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 386 | #665 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 402 | #618 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 393 | #618 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 390 | #614 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 456 | #556 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 534 | #507 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 592 | #467 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 632 | #444 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 671 | #424 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 627 | #424 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 611 | #429 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 656 | #397 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 908 | #315 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 534 | #452 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 525 | #455 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 555 | #425 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 577 | #414 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 590 | #399 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 597 | #396 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 657 | #365 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 699 | #351 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 729 | #341 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 784 | #324 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 853 | #300 | 5 | #14,573 |
| 1990 | 940 | #277 | 8 | #9,839 |
| 1989 | 900 | #276 | 8 | #9,327 |
| 1988 | 892 | #263 | 12 | #6,533 |
| 1987 | 824 | #264 | 9 | #7,776 |
| 1986 | 862 | #258 | 12 | #6,021 |
| 1985 | 907 | #249 | 11 | #6,309 |
| 1984 | 909 | #241 | 11 | #6,146 |
| 1983 | 948 | #236 | 7 | #8,646 |
| 1982 | 1,035 | #226 | 14 | #5,106 |
| 1981 | 1,052 | #227 | 7 | #8,693 |
| 1980 | 1,103 | #218 | 18 | #4,250 |
| 1979 | 1,158 | #204 | 17 | #4,354 |
| 1978 | 1,162 | #197 | 13 | #5,101 |
| 1977 | 1,144 | #200 | 15 | #4,564 |
| 1976 | 1,165 | #190 | 20 | #3,485 |
| 1975 | 1,208 | #187 | 14 | #4,499 |
| 1974 | 1,197 | #190 | 25 | #2,886 |
| 1973 | 1,380 | #170 | 11 | #5,083 |
| 1972 | 1,456 | #171 | 12 | #4,694 |
| 1971 | 1,578 | #172 | 23 | #3,027 |
| 1970 | 1,679 | #171 | 28 | #2,625 |
| 1969 | 1,770 | #162 | 20 | #3,070 |
| 1968 | 1,798 | #150 | 15 | #3,553 |
| 1967 | 1,844 | #150 | 20 | #2,836 |
| 1966 | 2,044 | #142 | 21 | #2,723 |
| 1965 | 2,230 | #138 | 23 | #2,587 |
| 1964 | 2,431 | #134 | 26 | #2,450 |
| 1963 | 2,545 | #133 | 27 | #2,341 |
| 1962 | 2,576 | #137 | 35 | #1,976 |
| 1961 | 2,844 | #128 | 26 | #2,396 |
| 1960 | 3,008 | #125 | 29 | #2,175 |
| 1959 | 3,170 | #122 | 19 | #2,727 |
| 1958 | 3,148 | #122 | 23 | #2,428 |
| 1957 | 3,398 | #113 | 28 | #2,099 |
| 1956 | 3,638 | #101 | 25 | #2,229 |
| 1955 | 3,646 | #95 | 33 | #1,867 |
| 1954 | 3,709 | #92 | 36 | #1,723 |
| 1953 | 3,813 | #91 | 30 | #1,853 |
| 1952 | 3,920 | #91 | 36 | #1,629 |
| 1951 | 3,837 | #88 | 23 | #2,096 |
| 1950 | 3,886 | #87 | 37 | #1,542 |
| 1949 | 3,972 | #82 | 35 | #1,586 |
| 1948 | 4,057 | #81 | 25 | #1,931 |
| 1947 | 4,168 | #85 | 34 | #1,654 |
| 1946 | 3,743 | #86 | 31 | #1,611 |
| 1945 | 3,408 | #78 | 25 | #1,689 |
| 1944 | 3,745 | #67 | 33 | #1,422 |
| 1943 | 4,068 | #64 | 33 | #1,459 |
| 1942 | 4,189 | #60 | 27 | #1,616 |
| 1941 | 3,951 | #56 | 29 | #1,467 |
| 1940 | 3,935 | #53 | 36 | #1,235 |
| 1939 | 3,853 | #51 | 31 | #1,339 |
| 1938 | 3,818 | #54 | 24 | #1,586 |
| 1937 | 3,890 | #50 | 25 | #1,524 |
| 1936 | 3,730 | #53 | 40 | #1,128 |
| 1935 | 3,600 | #57 | 22 | #1,640 |
| 1934 | 3,702 | #55 | 31 | #1,308 |
| 1933 | 3,588 | #51 | 35 | #1,214 |
| 1932 | 3,776 | #51 | 34 | #1,256 |
| 1931 | 3,700 | #51 | 36 | #1,213 |
| 1930 | 4,048 | #50 | 46 | #1,098 |
| 1929 | 4,100 | #49 | 40 | #1,188 |
| 1928 | 4,249 | #48 | 62 | #949 |
| 1927 | 4,202 | #48 | 43 | #1,186 |
| 1926 | 4,194 | #47 | 34 | #1,379 |
| 1925 | 4,146 | #50 | 33 | #1,433 |
| 1924 | 4,168 | #48 | 53 | #1,076 |
| 1923 | 4,012 | #48 | 44 | #1,169 |
| 1922 | 3,908 | #50 | 43 | #1,180 |
| 1921 | 3,887 | #53 | 40 | #1,232 |
| 1920 | 3,717 | #54 | 36 | #1,303 |
| 1919 | 3,384 | #56 | 28 | #1,513 |
| 1918 | 3,469 | #56 | 30 | #1,437 |
| 1917 | 3,155 | #57 | 24 | #1,581 |
| 1916 | 2,984 | #57 | 23 | #1,619 |
| 1915 | 2,780 | #60 | 18 | #1,853 |
| 1914 | 2,064 | #59 | 27 | #1,193 |
| 1913 | 1,642 | #61 | 14 | #1,650 |
| 1912 | 1,185 | #71 | 16 | #1,399 |
| 1911 | 594 | #73 | 11 | #1,517 |
| 1910 | 482 | #75 | 13 | #1,313 |
| 1909 | 448 | #71 | 9 | #1,559 |
| 1908 | 366 | #75 | 6 | #2,023 |
| 1907 | 331 | #78 | 7 | #1,753 |
| 1906 | 285 | #83 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 291 | #83 | 5 | #2,136 |
| 1904 | 234 | #92 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 230 | #88 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 248 | #87 | 6 | #1,728 |
| 1901 | 176 | #97 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 231 | #102 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 166 | #106 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 159 | #115 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 128 | #129 | 5 | #1,713 |
| 1896 | 158 | #115 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 158 | #111 | 5 | #1,746 |
| 1894 | 125 | #129 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 111 | #137 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 114 | #144 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 108 | #127 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 98 | #146 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 97 | #150 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 119 | #131 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 95 | #135 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 83 | #169 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 110 | #125 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 95 | #145 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 96 | #130 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 86 | #160 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 76 | #159 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 103 | #129 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Melvin reached #47 in 1926. As a girl name, it reached #949 in 1928. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Melvin
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.