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Baby name
Melvin
Boy
Origin of the name
Melvin is a Scottish name of uncertain origin; it may come from the surname Melville.
Classic name
244,936births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 48rank at its peak, in 1928
Where babies named Melvin are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Melvin is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Melvin is most common in District of Columbia (2.3 times), Hawaii (2.2) and South Dakota (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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