MELVIN is ranked as the 356th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 186,619.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 58.53 people named MELVIN for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 88% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named MELVIN is 133,766.
The SSA data also shows that MELVIN is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
MELVIN is
76.2% White,
4.5% Hispanic origin,
15.4% Black,
1.7% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name MELVIN have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name MELVIN is included in the following name categories:
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name MELVIN
The state with the most people named
MELVIN is
California where
18,211 people have this name.
Hawaii is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named MELVIN, as
101.79 in every 100,000
Hawaiians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Texas.
Hawaii is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
New Hampshire
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name MELVIN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
7,060
54.81
99.4%
Indiana
4,231
64.14
99.0%
Iowa
2,910
93.65
99.0%
Kansas
2,518
86.69
98.4%
Michigan
6,802
68.64
99.6%
Minnesota
3,502
64.18
99.2%
Missouri
2,426
81.04
98.6%
Nebraska
1,518
80.66
97.7%
North Dakota
482
65.25
94.0%
Ohio
6,063
52.29
99.1%
South Dakota
707
82.92
95.2%
Wisconsin
3,671
63.77
99.1%
West States
State stats for the first name MELVIN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
239
32.43
90.4%
Arizona
2,572
38.21
98.3%
California
18,211
46.93
99.7%
Colorado
2,215
41.36
98.4%
Hawaii
1,445
101.79
98.9%
Idaho
929
56.85
96.9%
Montana
447
43.68
94.1%
Nevada
1,367
48.13
97.9%
New Mexico
916
43.92
96.3%
Oregon
2,111
53.18
98.4%
Utah
1,408
47.84
97.7%
Washington
4,504
63.78
99.4%
Wyoming
336
57.47
93.2%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name MELVIN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
889
24.73
97.6%
Maine
204
15.32
91.0%
Massachusetts
1,654
24.52
98.1%
New Hampshire
187
14.08
91.8%
New Jersey
2,689
30.09
98.8%
New York
7,264
36.79
99.6%
Pennsylvania
5,848
45.73
99.2%
Rhode Island
264
25.05
94.4%
Vermont
212
33.78
94.4%
South States
State stats for the first name MELVIN
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have MELVIN as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named MELVIN.
The most popular full name is MELVIN Smith.
1.09% of all the people named MELVIN
have this family name.
There are 15245 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name MELVIN