Marvel
Marvel is given to both girls and boys: 17 girls and 19 boys were given it in 2025 (#6,735 among girls’ names and #5,139 among boys’, #7,061 among all names counting both); 6,569 Americans have been recorded with it since 1889 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,170 Americans named Marvel and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (33% of everyone recorded); the median is 53 years old and half are between 12 and 76.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marvel by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Marvel?
#6,735 among girls’ names, 2025
Marvel rose from #8,280 in 2015 to #6,735 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 7.8 to 10.6 per million.
181 babies in 1929, the peak
Marvel peaked in 1929, when 181 babies were given it (171 girls, #520 among girls’ names). The 36 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 20% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,735 | 19 | #5,139 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,459 | 16 | #5,807 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,946 | 28 | #3,954 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,641 | 30 | #3,737 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,791 | 29 | #3,783 |
| 2020 | 40 | #3,721 | 23 | #4,366 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,232 | 32 | #3,535 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,734 | 18 | #5,235 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,959 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,328 | 20 | #4,879 |
Every recorded year (136)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14 | #8,280 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,854 | 24 | #4,209 |
| 2013 | 11 | #10,001 | 17 | #5,308 |
| 2012 | 8 | #13,004 | 13 | #6,528 |
| 2011 | under 5 | 13 | #6,456 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 7 | #10,360 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 10 | #8,089 | |
| 2008 | 5 | #19,441 | 11 | #7,535 |
| 2007 | under 5 | 11 | #7,423 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 13 | #6,335 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 11 | #6,932 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 13 | #6,015 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 10 | #7,052 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 12 | #5,941 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 6 | #10,077 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 11 | #6,174 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 8 | #7,608 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 5 | #10,694 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 10 | #5,931 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 13 | #4,784 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 12 | #4,999 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 19 | #3,542 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 15 | #4,150 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 14 | #4,248 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 8 | #6,311 | |
| 1990 | 5 | #14,374 | 22 | #2,919 |
| 1989 | under 5 | 8 | #6,013 | |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,939 | 12 | #4,071 |
| 1987 | under 5 | 7 | #5,866 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 16 | #3,074 | |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,905 | 12 | #3,719 |
| 1984 | under 5 | 7 | #5,355 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 6 | #5,961 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 15 | #3,052 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 9 | #4,381 | |
| 1980 | 5 | #11,455 | 10 | #4,032 |
| 1979 | under 5 | 12 | #3,489 | |
| 1978 | 7 | #8,191 | 10 | #3,755 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,615 | 7 | #4,933 |
| 1976 | under 5 | 8 | #4,263 | |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,636 | 11 | #3,360 |
| 1974 | 5 | #9,653 | 10 | #3,482 |
| 1973 | 7 | #7,119 | 10 | #3,356 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,326 | 11 | #3,085 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,962 | 16 | #2,433 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,165 | 13 | #2,697 |
| 1969 | 13 | #4,093 | 9 | #3,237 |
| 1968 | 7 | #6,014 | 9 | #3,021 |
| 1967 | 18 | #3,028 | 16 | #2,006 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,869 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1965 | 11 | #4,110 | under 5 | |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,459 | 8 | #3,190 |
| 1963 | 20 | #2,830 | 5 | #4,419 |
| 1962 | 16 | #3,245 | 10 | #2,785 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,142 | 10 | #2,830 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,842 | 5 | #4,400 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,561 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,825 | 7 | #3,467 |
| 1957 | 28 | #2,097 | 6 | #3,824 |
| 1956 | 45 | #1,592 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,787 | 8 | #3,119 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,342 | 8 | #3,094 |
| 1953 | 35 | #1,692 | 8 | #3,065 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,732 | 5 | #4,083 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,629 | 10 | #2,594 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,540 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1949 | 38 | #1,498 | 9 | #2,737 |
| 1948 | 40 | #1,468 | 13 | #2,183 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,476 | 5 | #4,068 |
| 1946 | 42 | #1,350 | under 5 | |
| 1945 | 44 | #1,202 | 11 | #2,207 |
| 1944 | 48 | #1,135 | 12 | #2,150 |
| 1943 | 58 | #1,057 | 8 | #2,875 |
| 1942 | 61 | #1,002 | 11 | #2,344 |
| 1941 | 63 | #930 | under 5 | |
| 1940 | 63 | #910 | 6 | #3,342 |
| 1939 | 59 | #920 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1938 | 84 | #760 | 13 | #2,061 |
| 1937 | 67 | #848 | 7 | #3,078 |
| 1936 | 73 | #793 | 8 | #2,778 |
| 1935 | 90 | #711 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1934 | 108 | #645 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1933 | 90 | #686 | 7 | #3,185 |
| 1932 | 103 | #664 | 9 | #2,773 |
| 1931 | 105 | #648 | 14 | #2,067 |
| 1930 | 137 | #588 | 11 | #2,550 |
| 1929 | 171 | #520 | 10 | #2,700 |
| 1928 | 101 | #700 | 12 | #2,479 |
| 1927 | 134 | #616 | 17 | #2,005 |
| 1926 | 138 | #606 | 13 | #2,374 |
| 1925 | 108 | #710 | 18 | #1,911 |
| 1924 | 152 | #607 | 19 | #1,875 |
| 1923 | 153 | #583 | 25 | #1,531 |
| 1922 | 130 | #644 | 17 | #2,003 |
| 1921 | 136 | #633 | 12 | #2,579 |
| 1920 | 149 | #589 | 17 | #2,021 |
| 1919 | 128 | #621 | 14 | #2,221 |
| 1918 | 150 | #586 | 11 | #2,644 |
| 1917 | 127 | #609 | 25 | #1,421 |
| 1916 | 129 | #591 | 10 | #2,667 |
| 1915 | 135 | #553 | 11 | #2,396 |
| 1914 | 74 | #679 | 10 | #2,212 |
| 1913 | 64 | #649 | 9 | #2,037 |
| 1912 | 63 | #627 | 6 | #2,455 |
| 1911 | 43 | #663 | 7 | #1,484 |
| 1910 | 49 | #599 | under 5 | |
| 1909 | 43 | #589 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 46 | #552 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 40 | #583 | 5 | #1,472 |
| 1906 | 43 | #536 | under 5 | |
| 1905 | 28 | #677 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 33 | #596 | under 5 | |
| 1903 | 29 | #622 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 34 | #566 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | 35 | #519 | under 5 | |
| 1900 | 42 | #522 | under 5 | |
| 1899 | 37 | #487 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | 35 | #537 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | 25 | #624 | under 5 | |
| 1896 | 27 | #606 | under 5 | |
| 1895 | 20 | #718 | under 5 | |
| 1894 | 13 | #886 | under 5 | |
| 1893 | 19 | #679 | under 5 | |
| 1892 | 17 | #716 | under 5 | |
| 1891 | 15 | #716 | under 5 | |
| 1889 | 9 | #937 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Marvel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 6,569 Americans recorded as Marvel, 79% are girls and 21% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Marvel: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marvel, and how old are they?
2,170 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 33% of the 6,569 Americans ever recorded as Marvel. The median Marvel alive today is 53 years old; half are between 12 and 76.
The 2020 Census counted 2,486 people named Marvel (1,739 women and girls, 747 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,334 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 396 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 506 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 259 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 204 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 174 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 613 |
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 Marvel born?
The states with the most babies named Marvel are Minnesota, Iowa and Michigan, with 51% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Minnesota and Iowa are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 453 | not ranked | 3.5× |
| Iowa | 409 | not ranked | 3.7× |
| Michigan | 358 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Wisconsin | 217 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Ohio | 180 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| North Dakota | 130 | not ranked | 3.5× |
| Nebraska | 109 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Kansas | 108 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| California | 105 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 96 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Marvel is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Marvel is most over-represented in Iowa: since 1910 it was given 3.7 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 girls’ 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 Marvel with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 8,750 babies since 1880, Marvel is the most given (75% of them). In 2025 it was given to 36 of their 36 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Marvel
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 Marvel and names like it
- Compare Marvel and MarivelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMarvel peaked in 1929.
- Minnesota’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Marvel since 1910.
- The top names of 1929The year the most babies were named Marvel.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Marvel alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.