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Marvell

boys’ name · 78%girls’ name · 22%SteadyCompare

Marvell is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
90.00% of boys
Peak year
200733 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1920
1,470people given the name
Babies named Marvell, by year of birthboysgirls
01325385018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,147 boys have been named Marvell in the United States since 1920, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 33 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 2000s alone account for 18%.

Marvell is used for both sexes: 22% of its bearers are girls (323), most of them born around 1926.

By decade

Decadeboys named Marvell
1920s14
1930s26
1940s22
1950s71
1960s109
1970s158
1980s173
1990s186
2000s204
2010s149
2020s35

In 2007, its biggest year

Marvell was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2007 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2007.

Names that rose and fell with Marvell

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.