Marvelous — #10160 US boys' name
226 babies named Marvelous in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 29% of names given to boys today.
38% of everyone ever named Marvelous was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Marvelous in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marvelous
The Social Security Administration has registered 226 babies named Marvelous between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marvelous currently holds the #10160 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Marvelous is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 109 additional births since 1964.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marvelous performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Marvelous shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marvelous in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marvelous 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 226 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.
Marvelous at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marvelous popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1984
- Peak year (2019)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
Currently ranks #10160 among boys.
226 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 16 births in a single year.
Marvelous popularity over time — girls
109 total births recorded since 1964 (Marvelous as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Marvelous accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Marvelous by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 86 births that decade — 38% of Marvelous's all-time total
Marvelous decade highlights
- Peak decade 86 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Marvelous's strongest decade
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Marvelous by state
Where Marvelous concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 2.7% |
6 of 226 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1984–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.