Malvin
Malvin was last recorded in 2023, when 6 babies were given it; 2,685 Americans have been recorded with it between 1886 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,050 Americans named Malvin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (39% of everyone recorded); the median is 56 years old and half are between 32 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Malvin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Malvin?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #11,730, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
68 babies in 1921, the peak
Malvin peaked in 1921, when 68 boys were given it, #840 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #11,730 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | 7 | #10,461 | 4.0 |
| 2021 | 5 | #13,356 | 2.9 |
| 2020 | 8 | #9,241 | 4.6 |
| 2019 | 8 | #9,420 | 4.5 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,577 | 5.0 |
| 2017 | 8 | #9,388 | 4.3 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,564 | 4.7 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,429 | 8.9 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,920 | 5.2 |
Every recorded year (120)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 14 | #6,115 | 7.4 |
| 2011 | 14 | #6,129 | 7.4 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,539 | 4.7 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,522 | 5.5 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,535 | 3.9 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,960 | 4.8 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,741 | 5.8 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,462 | 5.0 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,627 | 4.0 |
| 2003 | 7 | #9,261 | 3.5 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,850 | 5.2 |
| 2001 | 8 | #8,028 | 4.1 |
| 2000 | 11 | #6,168 | 5.6 |
| 1999 | 6 | #9,451 | 3.1 |
| 1998 | 8 | #7,280 | 4.2 |
| 1997 | 8 | #7,020 | 4.2 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,660 | 3.7 |
| 1995 | 7 | #7,491 | 3.7 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,697 | 6.7 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,606 | 4.1 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,493 | 5.0 |
| 1991 | 8 | #6,293 | 4.0 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,311 | 6.3 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,996 | 4.0 |
| 1988 | 5 | #8,051 | 2.6 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,795 | 4.8 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,958 | 9.2 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,988 | 4.3 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,835 | 6.1 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,751 | 4.5 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,852 | 4.4 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,338 | 7.3 |
| 1980 | 10 | #4,023 | 5.6 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,676 | 4.6 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,748 | 9.7 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,305 | 7.3 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,185 | 7.6 |
| 1975 | 13 | #3,012 | 8.3 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,324 | 11.4 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,666 | 9.0 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,615 | 8.6 |
| 1971 | 25 | #1,811 | 14.1 |
| 1970 | 23 | #1,878 | 12.4 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,191 | 8.9 |
| 1968 | 9 | #3,014 | 5.2 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,878 | 10.3 |
| 1966 | 16 | #2,017 | 9.0 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,758 | 11.3 |
| 1964 | 22 | #1,718 | 11.0 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,871 | 9.4 |
| 1962 | 24 | #1,654 | 11.6 |
| 1961 | 18 | #1,980 | 8.5 |
| 1960 | 17 | #2,016 | 8.0 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,076 | 7.5 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,814 | 9.4 |
| 1957 | 27 | #1,534 | 12.5 |
| 1956 | 24 | #1,627 | 11.3 |
| 1955 | 28 | #1,472 | 13.6 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,303 | 16.7 |
| 1953 | 37 | #1,237 | 18.8 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,336 | 16.5 |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,338 | 16.5 |
| 1950 | 36 | #1,213 | 20.1 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,488 | 14.1 |
| 1948 | 36 | #1,208 | 20.5 |
| 1947 | 46 | #1,076 | 25.1 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,138 | 23.4 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,259 | 20.8 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,302 | 19.8 |
| 1943 | 37 | #1,134 | 25.9 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,207 | 24.6 |
| 1941 | 36 | #1,102 | 29.3 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,353 | 21.6 |
| 1939 | 33 | #1,134 | 29.8 |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,162 | 28.9 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,256 | 27.2 |
| 1936 | 30 | #1,216 | 28.9 |
| 1935 | 48 | #920 | 46.1 |
| 1934 | 48 | #914 | 46.5 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,174 | 32.3 |
| 1932 | 38 | #1,105 | 36.4 |
| 1931 | 43 | #1,022 | 41.4 |
| 1930 | 60 | #852 | 54.7 |
| 1929 | 48 | #979 | 44.6 |
| 1928 | 53 | #934 | 47.9 |
| 1927 | 58 | #895 | 51.5 |
| 1926 | 41 | #1,118 | 36.9 |
| 1925 | 56 | #907 | 50.2 |
| 1924 | 62 | #877 | 54.7 |
| 1923 | 40 | #1,136 | 36.5 |
| 1922 | 59 | #911 | 54.2 |
| 1921 | 68 | #840 | 61.7 |
| 1920 | 62 | #873 | 58.3 |
| 1919 | 50 | #954 | 51.0 |
| 1918 | 39 | #1,103 | 38.5 |
| 1917 | 45 | #976 | 48.6 |
| 1916 | 40 | #1,020 | 44.9 |
| 1915 | 49 | #888 | 57.7 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,087 | 42.8 |
| 1913 | 40 | #742 | 78.0 |
| 1912 | 22 | #983 | 51.2 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,250 | 39.8 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,017 | 56.6 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,227 | 42.7 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,522 | 32.4 |
| 1906 | 9 | #893 | 67.6 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,328 | 39.0 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,098 | 48.9 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,013 | 56.4 |
| 1886 | 6 | #923 | 54.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Malvin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Malvin has been given almost only to boys: 12 girls in 120 years of records.
Girls and boys named Malvin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Malvin, and how old are they?
1,050 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 39% of the 2,685 Americans ever recorded as Malvin. The median Malvin alive today is 56 years old; half are between 32 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 1,468 people named Malvin (33 women and girls, 1,435 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,205 born in the U.S. The Census count is 22% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 115 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 337 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 215 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 145 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 138 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 100 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Malvin born?
The states with the most babies named Malvin are Arkansas, New York and Pennsylvania, with 64% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Arkansas is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 118 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| New York | 102 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 70 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Louisiana | 62 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Texas | 38 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| North Carolina | 26 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Alabama | 11 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Virginia | 10 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Georgia | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Nebraska | 6 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Malvin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Malvin is most over-represented in Arkansas: since 1910 it was given 3.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Malvin with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Malvin
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Malvin and names like it
- Compare Malvin and WeltonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMalvin peaked in 1921.
- Arkansas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Malvin since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Malvin.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Malvin alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.