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How popular is the name Melvyn?
Births per year, rank history and how many Melvyns are alive today.
Melvyn (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2017 (ranked 4812th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 1944, when around 530 babies were given the name, the 78th most popular that year. At least 14,000 babies have been named Melvyn in England and Wales since 1944. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Melvyn is one spelling of a name also recorded as Melvin; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Melvyn you are most likely to meet is around 74 years old. Half of all Melvyns born in England and Wales are between 54 and 77, and there are at least 14,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 4.5% chance that at least one of them will be called Melvyn.
How many babies are named Melvyn each year?
Includes all spellings: Melvyn, Melvin. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Melvyn spelling rank?
Where does the Melvin spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Melvyn most popular?
Melvyn peaked in 1944, when around 530 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Melvyn?
At least 14,000 people named Melvyn in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Melvyn?
Most living Melvyns are between 54 and 77; the most common age is about 74.
Is Melvyn becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.