Marvin
Marvin is ranked 671st among boys in 2024 (406 births). Its best rank was 44th, in 1933–1934.
- Rank in 2024
- #671down 33 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4060.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 19284,452 births
- Best rank
- #44first in 1933
- Since 1880
- 255,401people given the name
The story in the numbers
253,786 boys have been named Marvin in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1928, with 4,452 births — 0.40% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 493 → 671).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1946, and the 1930s alone account for 16%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 51 of them in the top 100.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,615 girls have also been given it, 0.63% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Marvin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 726 | |
| 1890s | 1,073 | |
| 1900s | 2,324 | |
| 1910s | 17,821 | |
| 1920s | 39,589 | |
| 1930s | 41,083 | |
| 1940s | 36,444 | |
| 1950s | 34,706 | |
| 1960s | 28,127 | |
| 1970s | 14,732 | |
| 1980s | 11,504 | |
| 1990s | 9,820 | |
| 2000s | 8,227 | |
| 2010s | 5,414 | |
| 2020s | 2,196 |
In 1928, its biggest year
Marvin was the 46th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1928 were Robert, John, James, William and Charles. See all of 1928.
Names that rose and fell with Marvin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gordonpeak 1952
- Melvinpeak 1928
- Lylepeak 1922
- Normanpeak 1928
- Rayfordpeak 1937
- Doylepeak 1931
- Sammiepeak 1947
- Lowellpeak 1931
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.