NameTides

Melvin

Melvin was the #958 boys' name in the US in 2025 (243 babies), and #1,705 in England & Wales and #1,311 in Canada.

Melvin as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Melvin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Melvin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#958 (243)#1,705 (15)——#1,311 (18)
2024#871 (277)#1,322 (20)—#785 (3)#1,089 (22)
2023#820 (299)#1,461 (17)——#1,687 (11)
2022#827 (300)#1,692 (14)——#1,284 (16)
2021#798 (307)#2,125 (10)——#1,230 (17)
2020#752 (323)#2,682 (7)——#1,454 (13)
2019#758 (314)#1,986 (11)——#1,530 (12)
2018#718 (334)#3,011 (6)——#1,093 (19)
2017#727 (328)#1,289 (20)——#1,246 (16)
2016#727 (337)#2,335 (9)——#1,346 (14)
2015#687 (365)#2,707 (7)——#1,816 (9)
2014#664 (386)#1,370 (18)——#1,003 (21)
2013#617 (402)#1,539 (15)——#1,002 (21)
2012#618 (393)#2,117 (10)——#1,334 (14)
2011#614 (390)#1,788 (12)——#1,467 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1928 at #48.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,000 baby boys in the published US 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Melvin is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,300 to 1 in 7,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Melvin by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #715MINew York: #798NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: #750OHPennsylvania: #363PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,119CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: #485KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #670VAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #524KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,250TXFlorida: #1,191FL
Melvin (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#79414

Melvin (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MelvinCanadaBoys#1,31118
MelvinEngland & WalesBoys#1,70515
MelvinIrelandBoys—too few
MelvinNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MelvinScotlandBoys—too few
MelvinUSGirls—too few
MelvinUSBoys#958243