Girls' name · since 1918
Marvelyn
138 babies named Marvelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1937. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,655 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 138
- born since 1918
- 1930s
- peak decade
Marvelyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 138 recorded since 1918.
Marvelyn has 138 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1952.
- #23,655 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 138 born since 1918
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marvelyn ranks #23,655 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 138 born since 1918, peaking in the 1930s.
- #23,655 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 138
- born since 1918
- 1930s
- peak decade
Marvelyn's 138 recorded births place it above 67.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marvelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marvelyn's SSA record in two at 1935 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1918, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1937 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marvelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1952
- Peak year (1937)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Marvelyn by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (49 births, 36% of the file).
1930s was Marvelyn's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Marvelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
29 births
- 1930s
1930s
49 births
- 1940s
1940s
43 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 49 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Marvelyn's decade-level peak was the 1930s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marvelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1937)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–1952 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Marvelyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.