Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Melva

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1938

Peak era

1938

Peak births

308

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19382025

Quick answers about Melva

An estimated 5,322 living Americans are named Melva.

Melva fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Melva is approximately 72 years, with most bearers falling between 62 and 82 years old.

Not especially. Melva has been declining since its 1938 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1938

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

14,155

Melva last appeared in SSA records in 2024. Across its recorded history, about 14,155 American girls received the name.

Melva peaked in 1938, when 308 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 14,155 Americans named Melva since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1938

Living profile

5,322

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age72

Core range62–82

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Steady Decline

A name with a broad middle and a downward recent trajectory.