Melva was the #3,705 girls' name in England & Wales in 2025 (6 babies).
Melva as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
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#3,705 (6)
2024
#15,293 (5)
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2017
#15,902 (5)
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2014
#16,513 (5)
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2013
#14,582 (6)
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2007
#15,491 (6)
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2006
#13,606 (7)
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2005
#13,010 (7)
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2004
#12,761 (7)
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2000
#11,801 (7)
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1999
#14,411 (5)
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1997
#9,802 (8)
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1996
#8,812 (9)
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1995
#8,079 (10)
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1994
#8,122 (10)
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The tide so far
Peaked in England & Wales in 2025 at #3,705.
First recorded in England & Wales in 2025.
How common is it?
about 1 in 42,000 baby girls in the published England & Wales list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.