Melville is an uncommon boys' name that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Melville is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1981. Melville was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (77 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 5 | — | — | #6,927 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | — | #5,811 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | — | #6,446 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | — | #5,598 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | — | #4,755 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | — | #2,963 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | — | #5,392 |
| 1970 | 9 | — | — | #3,439 |
| 1969 | 11 | — | — | #2,802 |
| 1968 | 12 | — | — | #2,536 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | — | #3,831 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | — | #3,433 |
| 1965 | 11 | — | — | #2,572 |
| 1964 | 10 | — | — | #2,782 |
| 1963 | 11 | — | — | #2,624 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | — | #2,618 |
| 1961 | 9 | — | — | #3,031 |
| 1960 | 12 | — | — | #2,496 |
| 1959 | 11 | — | — | #2,620 |
| 1958 | 14 | — | — | #2,232 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | — | #2,762 |
| 1956 | 13 | — | — | #2,338 |
| 1955 | 12 | — | — | #2,391 |
| 1954 | 16 | — | — | #2,019 |
| 1953 | 16 | — | — | #2,011 |
| 1952 | 27 | — | — | #1,481 |
| 1951 | 22 | — | — | #1,629 |
| 1950 | 23 | — | — | #1,565 |
| 1949 | 28 | — | — | #1,397 |
| 1948 | 27 | — | — | #1,422 |
| 1947 | 19 | — | — | #1,767 |
| 1946 | 20 | — | — | #1,628 |
| 1945 | 27 | — | — | #1,289 |
| 1944 | 32 | — | — | #1,183 |
| 1943 | 20 | — | — | #1,618 |
| 1942 | 27 | — | — | #1,347 |
| 1941 | 25 | — | — | #1,359 |
| 1940 | 30 | — | — | #1,240 |
| 1939 | 24 | — | — | #1,381 |
| 1938 | 43 | — | — | #973 |
| 1937 | 31 | — | — | #1,203 |
| 1936 | 24 | — | — | #1,377 |
| 1935 | 34 | — | — | #1,139 |
| 1934 | 29 | — | — | #1,260 |
| 1933 | 40 | — | — | #1,024 |
| 1932 | 31 | — | — | #1,228 |
| 1931 | 32 | — | — | #1,233 |
| 1930 | 49 | — | — | #972 |
| 1929 | 41 | — | — | #1,085 |
| 1928 | 34 | — | — | #1,245 |
| 1927 | 53 | — | — | #961 |
| 1926 | 45 | — | — | #1,047 |
| 1925 | 42 | — | — | #1,086 |
| 1924 | 66 | — | — | #845 |
| 1923 | 58 | — | — | #902 |
| 1922 | 71 | — | — | #798 |
| 1921 | 63 | — | #4,305 | #945 |
| 1920 | 67 | — | #4,268 | #894 |
| 1919 | 56 | — | — | #893 |
| 1918 | 77 | — | — | #730 |
| 1917 | 60 | — | — | #830 |
| 1916 | 64 | — | — | #767 |
| 1915 | 67 | — | — | #729 |
| 1914 | 56 | — | — | #685 |
| 1913 | 37 | — | — | #786 |
| 1912 | 44 | — | — | #632 |
| 1911 | 17 | — | — | #810 |
| 1910 | 13 | — | — | #914 |
| 1909 | 16 | — | — | #701 |
| 1908 | 9 | — | — | #998 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | — | #977 |
| 1906 | 13 | — | — | #697 |
| 1905 | 10 | — | — | #824 |
| 1904 | 12 | — | — | #711 |
| 1903 | 14 | — | — | #607 |
| 1902 | 15 | — | — | #575 |
| 1901 | 8 | — | — | #827 |
| 1900 | 10 | — | — | #885 |
| 1899 | 11 | — | — | #645 |
| 1898 | 10 | — | — | #728 |
| 1897 | 7 | — | — | #907 |
| 1896 | 11 | — | — | #707 |
| 1895 | 19 | — | — | #469 |
| 1894 | 19 | — | — | #454 |
| 1893 | 10 | — | — | #688 |
| 1892 | 14 | — | — | #564 |
| 1891 | 8 | — | — | #747 |
| 1890 | 6 | — | — | #959 |
| 1889 | 15 | — | — | #491 |
| 1888 | 11 | — | — | #633 |
| 1887 | 10 | — | — | #617 |
| 1886 | 11 | — | — | #593 |
| 1885 | 10 | — | — | #625 |
| 1884 | 11 | — | — | #592 |
| 1883 | 11 | — | — | #579 |
| 1882 | 8 | — | — | #736 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | — | #838 |
| 1880 | 17 | — | — | #436 |