Marvin — #671 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Marvin

The Social Security Administration has registered 253,786 babies named Marvin between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marvin currently holds the #671 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 4,452 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marvin performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 41,083 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Marvin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 16,365 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Marvin in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marvin 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 253,786 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.