Quick answers about Melvyn
How many people are named Melvyn?
An estimated 1,379 living Americans are named Melvyn.
How rare is Melvyn?
Melvyn fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Melvyn?
The median age of a living American named Melvyn is approximately 68 years, with most bearers falling between 43 and 83 years old.
Is Melvyn still popular?
Not especially. Melvyn has been declining since its 1938 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Melvyn most common?
Melvyn has its strongest geographic signal in Hawaii, where it appears 12.0× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Melvyn is most concentrated in Hawaii — about 12.0× the national rate in the 1940s. It also runs high in New York.
States where Melvyn is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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