Melvyn is an uncommon variant of Melvin that peaked in 1938 and has since faded.
Melvyn is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2023. Melvyn was first reported in SSA data in 1912 and peaked in 1938 (293 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,492 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,808 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,425 |
| 2020 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,895 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,007 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,595 |
| 2016 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,371 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,385 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,687 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,419 |
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,540 |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,564 |
| 2009 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,761 |
| 2008 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,188 |
| 2007 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,155 |
| 2006 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,628 |
| 2005 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,103 |
| 2004 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,604 |
| 2003 | 11 | 11 | — | #6,569 |
| 2002 | 18 | 18 | — | #4,434 |
| 2001 | 12 | 12 | — | #5,903 |
| 2000 | 8 | 8 | — | #7,942 |
| 1999 | 11 | 11 | — | #5,916 |
| 1998 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,240 |
| 1997 | 9 | — | — | #6,436 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | — | #7,526 |
| 1994 | 9 | — | — | #6,181 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | — | #7,339 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | — | #8,106 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | — | #5,376 |
| 1990 | 10 | — | — | #5,255 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | — | #5,448 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | — | #5,546 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | — | #5,281 |
| 1986 | 9 | — | — | #4,716 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | — | #6,256 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | — | #4,834 |
| 1983 | 12 | — | — | #3,551 |
| 1982 | 11 | — | — | #3,859 |
| 1981 | 10 | — | — | #4,044 |
| 1980 | 14 | — | — | #3,197 |
| 1979 | 14 | — | — | #3,110 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | — | #4,871 |
| 1977 | 11 | — | — | #3,515 |
| 1976 | 21 | — | — | #2,216 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | — | #5,226 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | — | #4,061 |
| 1973 | 14 | — | — | #2,673 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | — | #4,285 |
| 1971 | 18 | — | — | #2,248 |
| 1970 | 12 | — | — | #2,827 |
| 1969 | 19 | — | — | #1,957 |
| 1968 | 21 | — | — | #1,767 |
| 1967 | 12 | — | — | #2,430 |
| 1966 | 27 | — | — | #1,502 |
| 1965 | 16 | — | — | #2,047 |
| 1964 | 24 | — | — | #1,644 |
| 1963 | 25 | — | — | #1,618 |
| 1962 | 16 | — | — | #2,092 |
| 1961 | 19 | — | — | #1,923 |
| 1960 | 29 | — | — | #1,510 |
| 1959 | 33 | — | — | #1,378 |
| 1958 | 29 | — | — | #1,468 |
| 1957 | 21 | — | — | #1,776 |
| 1956 | 21 | — | — | #1,752 |
| 1955 | 33 | — | — | #1,331 |
| 1954 | 22 | — | — | #1,656 |
| 1953 | 23 | — | — | #1,620 |
| 1952 | 18 | — | — | #1,842 |
| 1951 | 36 | — | — | #1,236 |
| 1950 | 39 | — | — | #1,155 |
| 1949 | 80 | — | — | #772 |
| 1948 | 82 | — | #5,763 | #778 |
| 1947 | 100 | — | — | #694 |
| 1946 | 76 | — | — | #765 |
| 1945 | 78 | — | — | #689 |
| 1944 | 89 | — | — | #661 |
| 1943 | 177 | — | — | #467 |
| 1942 | 282 | — | — | #359 |
| 1941 | 290 | — | — | #339 |
| 1940 | 254 | — | — | #359 |
| 1939 | 273 | — | — | #340 |
| 1938 | 293 | — | — | #323 |
| 1937 | 221 | — | — | #365 |
| 1936 | 120 | — | — | #515 |
| 1935 | 90 | — | — | #622 |
| 1934 | 74 | — | — | #714 |
| 1933 | 73 | — | — | #709 |
| 1932 | 93 | — | — | #619 |
| 1931 | 54 | — | — | #874 |
| 1930 | 38 | — | — | #1,147 |
| 1929 | 50 | — | #5,059 | #1,022 |
| 1928 | 31 | — | — | #1,319 |
| 1927 | 43 | — | — | #1,093 |
| 1926 | 43 | — | — | #1,080 |
| 1925 | 54 | — | — | #921 |
| 1924 | 41 | — | — | #1,129 |
| 1923 | 43 | — | — | #1,096 |
| 1922 | 32 | — | — | #1,301 |
| 1921 | 42 | — | — | #1,097 |
| 1920 | 24 | — | — | #1,578 |
| 1919 | 20 | — | — | #1,739 |
| 1918 | 24 | — | — | #1,520 |
| 1917 | 33 | — | — | #1,195 |
| 1916 | 14 | — | — | #2,114 |
| 1915 | 16 | — | — | #1,856 |
| 1914 | 13 | — | — | #1,833 |
| 1913 | 11 | — | — | #1,767 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | — | #2,785 |