Masculine dossier · first seen 1912

Melvyn

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1938

Peak era

1938

Peak rank proxy

293

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Silent Generation

1912Peak 19382024

Peak year

1938

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

4,360

Melvyn is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1938, when 293 boys were named Melvyn.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 4,360 Americans have been named Melvyn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1912.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1938

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