Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Melvin

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

Endangered Down 93.5% from peak

Peak era

1928

Peak rank proxy

4,249

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19282024

Peak year

1928

Decline from peak

93.5%

2024

275

All-time

244,676

Melvin 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 1928, when 4,249 boys were named Melvin.

In 2024, only 275 boys were given the name.

Down 93.5% from its peak.

All told, about 244,676 Americans have been named Melvin and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 93.5% from peak

19284,249 boys named Melvin

2024275 boys named Melvin

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