Marvina — girls' name
603 babies named Marvina in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
23% of everyone ever named Marvina was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Marvina in 1951 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marvina
The Social Security Administration has registered 603 babies named Marvina between 1919 and 2020, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marvina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marvina performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Marvina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marvina 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 603 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.
Marvina at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marvina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1919
- Peak year (1951)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 102 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
603 total births across 102 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1951 with 17 births in a single year.
Marvina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 136 births that decade — 23% of Marvina's all-time total
Marvina decade highlights
- Peak decade 136 births
- Runner-up 131 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Marvina's strongest decade
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1919–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.