Melva is an established girls' name that peaked in 1938 and has since faded.
Melva is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Melva was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1938 (308 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | #16,878 | — |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | #17,577 | — |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | #18,339 | — |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | #15,898 | — |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 | #16,885 | — |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 | #14,604 | — |
| 2005 | 7 | 7 | #13,994 | — |
| 2004 | 7 | 7 | #13,721 | — |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | #12,674 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | #16,018 | — |
| 1997 | 8 | — | #10,455 | — |
| 1996 | 9 | — | #9,307 | — |
| 1995 | 10 | — | #8,519 | — |
| 1994 | 10 | — | #8,567 | — |
| 1993 | 16 | — | #5,849 | — |
| 1992 | 8 | — | #10,119 | — |
| 1991 | 21 | — | #4,751 | — |
| 1990 | 29 | — | #3,684 | — |
| 1989 | 17 | — | #5,202 | — |
| 1988 | 21 | — | #4,261 | — |
| 1987 | 14 | — | #5,497 | — |
| 1986 | 17 | — | #4,665 | — |
| 1985 | 14 | — | #5,242 | — |
| 1984 | 22 | — | #3,679 | — |
| 1983 | 30 | — | #2,885 | — |
| 1982 | 23 | — | #3,606 | — |
| 1981 | 34 | — | #2,700 | — |
| 1980 | 53 | — | #2,000 | — |
| 1979 | 54 | — | #1,940 | — |
| 1978 | 41 | — | #2,264 | — |
| 1977 | 50 | — | #1,966 | — |
| 1976 | 40 | — | #2,160 | — |
| 1975 | 48 | — | #1,892 | — |
| 1974 | 60 | — | #1,591 | — |
| 1973 | 56 | — | #1,636 | — |
| 1972 | 60 | — | #1,554 | — |
| 1971 | 88 | — | #1,260 | — |
| 1970 | 57 | — | #1,647 | — |
| 1969 | 85 | — | #1,210 | — |
| 1968 | 68 | — | #1,360 | — |
| 1967 | 79 | — | #1,201 | — |
| 1966 | 96 | — | #1,074 | — |
| 1965 | 110 | — | #993 | — |
| 1964 | 107 | — | #1,050 | — |
| 1963 | 101 | — | #1,079 | — |
| 1962 | 123 | — | #959 | — |
| 1961 | 123 | — | #975 | — |
| 1960 | 149 | — | #852 | — |
| 1959 | 124 | — | #943 | — |
| 1958 | 164 | — | #782 | — |
| 1957 | 185 | — | #738 | — |
| 1956 | 201 | — | #677 | — |
| 1955 | 193 | — | #676 | — |
| 1954 | 207 | — | #636 | — |
| 1953 | 208 | — | #615 | — |
| 1952 | 224 | — | #578 | — |
| 1951 | 253 | — | #523 | — |
| 1950 | 218 | — | #566 | — |
| 1949 | 235 | — | #547 | — |
| 1948 | 210 | — | #579 | — |
| 1947 | 247 | — | #536 | — |
| 1946 | 224 | — | #524 | — |
| 1945 | 233 | — | #470 | — |
| 1944 | 220 | — | #482 | — |
| 1943 | 283 | — | #441 | — |
| 1942 | 264 | — | #455 | — |
| 1941 | 268 | — | #424 | #3,379 |
| 1940 | 296 | — | #401 | #3,348 |
| 1939 | 285 | — | #402 | #3,804 |
| 1938 | 313 | — | #378 | #3,862 |
| 1937 | 300 | — | #372 | — |
| 1936 | 274 | — | #386 | — |
| 1935 | 276 | — | #382 | — |
| 1934 | 246 | — | #418 | — |
| 1933 | 244 | — | #407 | — |
| 1932 | 296 | — | #378 | — |
| 1931 | 277 | — | #393 | — |
| 1930 | 258 | — | #408 | — |
| 1929 | 300 | — | #389 | — |
| 1928 | 276 | — | #408 | — |
| 1927 | 285 | — | #406 | — |
| 1926 | 271 | — | #425 | #3,293 |
| 1925 | 276 | — | #416 | — |
| 1924 | 288 | — | #408 | — |
| 1923 | 291 | — | #390 | — |
| 1922 | 239 | — | #431 | — |
| 1921 | 284 | — | #403 | — |
| 1920 | 279 | — | #396 | — |
| 1919 | 241 | — | #419 | — |
| 1918 | 206 | — | #466 | — |
| 1917 | 220 | — | #432 | — |
| 1916 | 225 | — | #417 | — |
| 1915 | 207 | — | #420 | — |
| 1914 | 135 | — | #473 | — |
| 1913 | 117 | — | #462 | — |
| 1912 | 106 | — | #463 | — |
| 1911 | 57 | — | #572 | — |
| 1910 | 71 | — | #482 | — |
| 1909 | 45 | — | #577 | — |
| 1908 | 54 | — | #497 | — |
| 1907 | 51 | — | #504 | — |
| 1906 | 37 | — | #589 | — |
| 1905 | 45 | — | #509 | — |
| 1904 | 39 | — | #534 | — |
| 1903 | 36 | — | #546 | — |
| 1902 | 29 | — | #617 | — |
| 1901 | 25 | — | #641 | — |
| 1900 | 23 | — | #772 | — |
| 1899 | 21 | — | #694 | — |
| 1898 | 17 | — | #834 | — |
| 1897 | 16 | — | #816 | — |
| 1896 | 17 | — | #806 | — |
| 1895 | 16 | — | #808 | — |
| 1894 | 12 | — | #932 | — |
| 1893 | 10 | — | #1,000 | — |
| 1892 | 20 | — | #655 | — |
| 1891 | 9 | — | #985 | — |
| 1890 | 12 | — | #810 | — |
| 1889 | 10 | — | #883 | — |
| 1888 | 11 | — | #823 | — |
| 1887 | 8 | — | #916 | — |
| 1883 | 5 | — | #1,002 | — |
| 1880 | 6 | — | #807 | — |