Girls' name · since 1957

Marvita

17 babies named Marvita in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

17
total births
1957–1963
years on record
1960s
peak decade
71%
born in that decade

Marvita is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 17 have been recorded since 1957.

Marvita has 17 recorded births among girls since 1957, 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 1957 to 1963.

  • 17 total births
  • 1957–1963 years on record
  • 1960s peak decade
  • 71% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Marvita's 17 recorded births place it above 33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Marvita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Marvita's SSA record in two at 1960 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1957, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1963 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Marvita popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–1963

Last recorded 1963
Peak year (1963)
7
Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 195719601963 7

Marvita by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

1960s was Marvita's strongest decade.

12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.

Marvita births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1960s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Marvita?
17 babies have been named Marvita since 1957. It was last recorded in 1963. The peak year was 1963 with 7 births.
When was Marvita most popular?
Marvita was most popular in the 1960s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 1963.
How long has the name Marvita been used?
The SSA has tracked Marvita since 1957 -- 7 years through the most recent 1963 data.
What names are similar to Marvita?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mary, Margaret, Maria, Martha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of July 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, 1957–1963 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Marvita: Baby Name Since 1957 - 17 Births, Peak 1963." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/marvita. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Marvita 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 July 2026.