Girls' name · since 1919
Marvina
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.
- #10,528 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 603
- born since 1919
- 1950s
- peak decade
Marvina is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 603 have been recorded since 1919.
Marvina has 603 recorded births among girls since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 2020.
- #10,528 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 603 born since 1919
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marvina ranks #10,528 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 603 born since 1919, peaking in the 1950s.
- #10,528 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 603
- born since 1919
- 1950s
- peak decade
Marvina's 603 recorded births place it above 85.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marvina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marvina splits its recorded history at 1966: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1951 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marvina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2020
- Peak year (1951)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 102 years of records
Marvina by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (136 births, 23% of the file).
1950s was Marvina's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Marvina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 10
1920s
10 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s
1940s
78 births
- 1950s
1950s
136 births
- 1960s
1960s
131 births
- 1970s
1970s
111 births
- 1980s
1980s
78 births
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 136 births (23% of all-time use).
How Marvina compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Marvina's total volume
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What to do with Marvina's data
- Marvina's decade-level peak was the 1950s (136 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marvina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1951)
Similar record span (~101 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, 1919–2020 (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 Marvina 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.