Marvella — #5793 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Marvella

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,526 babies named Marvella between 1910 and 2024, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marvella currently holds the #5793 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marvella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 214 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Marvella shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Marvella in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marvella 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 1,526 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.