How Many People Are Named Melville?
people named Melville are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 848,101 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,283 babies named Melville in Social Security records from 1880 to 1981, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
77 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Scottish surname which was originally from a Norman French place name meaning "bad town". A famous bearer of the surname was the American author Herman Melville (1819-1891), who wrote several novels including 'Moby-Dick'.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Melville in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Melville alive today is about 71 years old, and 80% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Melville first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 77 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1981.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 1981
🏆 Rank History
Melville has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #436, in 1880.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #436 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #958 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Melville alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Melville were born in New York than in any other state: about 8 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Melville was given 5.8 times as often in New York and 4.5 times in California.
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