The first name Melva
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
A female given name.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 6 girls were named Melva, making it the 3,705th most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Melva with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Melva at birth, 1880–2025
In 2024, 5 girls born in the United States were named Melva, the 16,878th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1938, when 308 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Questions
- How popular is the name Melva?
- In 2025, 6 girls born in England and Wales were named Melva, ranking 3,705th.
- Is Melva a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 14,185 US babies named Melva since 1880 were girls.
- When was Melva most popular?
- 1938 in the United States, when 308 babies were named Melva, its highest rank at 378th.