Melville peaked in the US in 1894 at #439, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Melville as a boy’s name Share of babies Rank
Melville as a boy’s name, US Babies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Melville as a boy’s name, US Babies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 1880 1920 1960 2000 Melville as a boy’s name, US Official rank (1 = most popular, log scale), 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. #1 #10 #100 #1,000 #10K 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Melville as a boy’s name, US Official rank (1 = most popular, log scale), 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. #1 #10 #100 #1,000 #10K 1880 1920 1960 2000
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 1981 #6,262 (5) 1979 #5,355 (6) 1978 #5,772 (5) 1977 #5,123 (6) 1976 #4,418 (7) 1973 #2,857 (12) 1971 #4,907 (5) 1970 #3,282 (9) 1969 #2,682 (11) 1968 #2,445 (12) 1967 #3,559 (6) 1966 #3,249 (7) 1965 #2,476 (11) 1964 #2,665 (10) 1963 #2,539 (11)
The tide so far Peaked in the US in 1894 at #439. In the US records since the data begins in 1880.