Marvyl — girls' name

What the Data Says About Marvyl

The Social Security Administration has registered 60 babies named Marvyl between 1915 and 1935, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marvyl currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1935. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marvyl performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Marvyl shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marvyl in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marvyl 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 60 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.