How Many People Are Named Melva?
people named Melva are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 61,109 people in the US has this name
Based on 14,185 babies named Melva in Social Security records from 1880 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
313 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Perhaps a feminine form of MELVIN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Melva (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Melva alive today is about 70 years old, and 78% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Melva first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1938, to 313 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Melva has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #372, in 1937.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #372 (1937) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #406 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Melva alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Melva were born in Texas than in any other state: about 857 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Melva was given 3.5 times as often in Oklahoma, 3.1 times in Kansas and 2.9 times in Utah.
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