The name Melva is a feminine form of Melvin.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Melva has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Melva
Use of the Name Melva for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
12,633
1,370
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Melva has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Melva last appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1965, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Melva
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
807
6
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
916
8
1888
823
11
1889
883
10
1890
810
12
1891
985
9
1892
655
20
1893
1000
10
1894
933
12
1895
808
16
1896
807
17
1897
815
16
1898
834
17
1899
694
21
1900
772
23
1901
642
25
1902
617
29
1903
546
36
1904
534
39
1905
509
45
1906
588
37
1907
504
51
1908
497
54
1909
575
45
1910
481
71
1911
561
58
1912
461
106
1913
464
116
1914
475
134
1915
421
207
1916
417
225
1917
432
220
1918
466
206
1919
420
240
1920
396
279
1921
402
283
1922
432
239
1923
388
293
1924
410
286
1925
416
276
1926
422
263
1927
405
285
1928
408
276
1929
389
298
1930
408
258
1931
391
279
1932
378
295
1933
408
244
1934
418
246
1935
385
274
1936
386
274
1937
370
300
1938
378
308
1939
404
279
1940
399
290
1941
425
261
1942
452
264
1943
440
282
1944
481
220
1945
470
234
1946
524
224
1947
536
245
1948
578
211
1949
547
234
1950
565
220
1951
527
250
1952
578
223
1953
611
210
1954
633
208
1955
671
194
1956
679
200
1957
735
186
1958
786
163
1959
952
122
1960
848
149
1961
973
123
1962
959
123
1963
1964
1965
990
110
Totals:
12,633
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Melva as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Melva appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 78 times during the last 125 years.