Marven — boys' name

What the Data Says About Marven

The Social Security Administration has registered 714 babies named Marven between 1915 and 2023, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marven currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marven performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 156 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Marven shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Marven in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marven 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 714 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.