girls:
54 births since 1923
#5662 (1st percentile)
boys:
44 births since 1921
#4542 (1st percentile)
overall:
98 births since 1921
#7641 (1st percentile)
The name Melvis is the #7,641 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 98 recorded births since 1921. This represents the 1.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,662 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 54 births since 1923. For boys, it ranks #4,542 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 44 births since 1921.
Melvis first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1921 (1921 for boys and 1923 for girls). Birth data for Melvis is available in 16 out of the 82 years between 1921 and 2002 (9 years for girls and 8 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Melvis has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (55.1% of all recorded births). In 2002, 0.0% of babies named Melvis were girls.
For girls, Melvis reached its peak popularity in 1939, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #578) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1939, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1961.
For boys, Melvis reached its peak popularity in 1942, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #548) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1942, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2002.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Melvis".
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