Girls' name · since 1949
Marvette
326 babies named Marvette in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,229 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 326
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
Marvette sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 326 recorded since 1949.
Marvette has 326 recorded births among girls since 1949, 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 1949 to 1990.
- #15,229 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 326 born since 1949
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marvette ranks #15,229 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 326 born since 1949, peaking in the 1960s.
- #15,229 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 326
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
Marvette's 326 recorded births place it above 78.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marvette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marvette's SSA record in two at 1970 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1952, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1971 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marvette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1990
- Peak year (1971)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Marvette by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (117 births, 36% of the file).
1960s was Marvette's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Marvette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 33
1950s
33 births
- 1960s
1960s
117 births
- 1970s
1970s
114 births
- 1980s
1980s
50 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 117 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Marvette's decade-level peak was the 1960s (117 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- 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 Marvette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~41 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, 1949–1990 (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 Marvette 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.