Girls' name · since 1915
Marvyl
60 babies named Marvyl in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 60
- total births
- 1915–1935
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
60 girls have been named Marvyl since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Marvyl has 60 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1935.
- 60 total births
- 1915–1935 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 52% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Marvyl's 60 recorded births place it above 54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Iowa.
Marvyl's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marvyl's full recorded timeline at 1929, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1925, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1928 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marvyl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1935
- Peak year (1928)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Marvyl by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1920s was Marvyl's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Marvyl births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 7
1910s
7 births
- 1920s
1920s
31 births
- 1930s
1930s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 31 births (52% of all-time use).
Marvyl by state
Where Marvyl concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Iowa | | 5 | 8.3% |
5 of 60 births nationwide.
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- Marvyl's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (31 total births) through the 1930s (22) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Iowa records the most Marvyls (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Iowa names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1915–1935 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Marvyl: Baby Name Since 1915 - 60 Births, Peak 1928." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/marvyl. 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 Marvyl 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.