Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Melva

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Melva
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.4% from peak

Peak era

1938

Peak rank proxy

308

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19382024

Peak year

1938

Decline from peak

98.4%

2024

All-time

14,155

Melva once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1938, when 308 girls were named Melva.

In 2024, only 5 girls were given the name.

Down 98.4% from its peak.

All told, about 14,155 Americans have been named Melva and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.4% from peak

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