Girls' name · since 1935
Marvena
109 babies named Marvena in U.S. Social Security records since 1935, with the highest year being 1945. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,183 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 109
- born since 1935
- 1960s
- peak decade
Marvena sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 109 recorded since 1935.
Marvena has 109 recorded births among girls since 1935, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1935 to 1973.
- #26,183 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 109 born since 1935
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marvena ranks #26,183 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 109 born since 1935, peaking in the 1960s.
- #26,183 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 109
- born since 1935
- 1960s
- peak decade
Marvena's 109 recorded births place it above 63.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marvena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marvena's SSA record in two at 1957 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1935, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1945 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marvena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–1973
- Peak year (1945)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Marvena by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (36 births, 33% of the file).
1960s was Marvena's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Marvena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
34 births
- 1950s
1950s
29 births
- 1960s
1960s
36 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 36 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Marvena's decade-level peak was the 1960s (36 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- 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 Marvena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1945)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1935–1973 (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 Marvena 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.