Malvin
Malvin is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 742nd, in 1913.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192168 births
- Best rank
- #742in 1913
- Since 1886
- 2,673people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,673 boys have been named Malvin in the United States since 1886, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 68 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 68 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1940, and the 1920s alone account for 20%. It has spent 18 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Malvin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | |
| 1900s | 38 | |
| 1910s | 333 | |
| 1920s | 547 | |
| 1930s | 393 | |
| 1940s | 332 | |
| 1950s | 285 | |
| 1960s | 180 | |
| 1970s | 155 | |
| 1980s | 97 | |
| 1990s | 88 | |
| 2000s | 95 | |
| 2010s | 98 | |
| 2020s | 26 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Malvin was the 840th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Malvin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Johneypeak 1919
- Weltonpeak 1924
- Salvatorepeak 1927
- Armandpeak 1918
- Wilburtpeak 1920
- Garvinpeak 1921
- Murrellpeak 1923
- Melfordpeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.