Baby name

Melvyn

Boy

Short-lived name

Melvyn peaked in 1938, when 1 baby in 7,551 was given the name. The decline was steep: births are now 98% below the peak. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published. 34% of all babies named Melvyn since 1880 were born in the 1940s.

4,360births since 1880

1930sgeneration

No. 323rank at its peak, in 1938

Where babies named Melvyn are born

1938

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The darker the blue, the more common Melvyn is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Melvyn is most common in New York (4.7 times), California (1.8) and Pennsylvania (1.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Melvin 244,936
Mervyn 1,581

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