# Melva (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/melva/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,185 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 30 / 14,155 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 16 | 5,849 |
| 1994 | 10 | 8,567 |
| 1995 | 10 | 8,519 |
| 1996 | 9 | 9,307 |
| 1997 | 8 | 10,455 |
| 1999 | 5 | 16,018 |
| 2000 | 7 | 12,674 |
| 2004 | 7 | 13,721 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13,994 |
| 2006 | 7 | 14,604 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16,885 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,898 |
| 2014 | 5 | 18,339 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,577 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16,878 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 8 | 3,293 |
| 1938 | 5 | 3,862 |
| 1939 | 5 | 3,804 |
| 1940 | 6 | 3,348 |
| 1941 | 6 | 3,379 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.