Malvin — boys' name

What the Data Says About Malvin

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,673 babies named Malvin between 1886 and 2023, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Malvin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 68 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malvin performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 547 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Malvin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 118 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Malvin in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malvin in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,673 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.