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Melvin

Pronounced /ˈmɛlvɪn/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1928 · #951
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:275 in 2024 (#874)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Melvin in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1928 with 62 babies, ranked #951.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1895.
  • 2,139 girls have been named Melvin since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Melvin per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
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    Boomers
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    Gen X
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    Millennials
  6. 0
    Gen Z
  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 563 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 609 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 558 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 295 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 104 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Variant of the Scottish surname Melville, from a place name Malleville in Normandy, from Latin mala (“bad”) + Old French ville (“settlement”). Used to Anglicize Mac Gille Beathain in Scotland and Ó Maoil Mhín in Ireland.

  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈmɛlvɪn/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Melvin, CC BY-SA 4.0.