Marvyn — #11025 US boys' name
288 babies named Marvyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to boys today.
32% of everyone ever named Marvyn was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Marvyn in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marvyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 288 babies named Marvyn between 1921 and 2024, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marvyn currently holds the #11025 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marvyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Marvyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marvyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marvyn 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 288 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.
Marvyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Marvyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1921
- Peak year (2003)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 104 years of records
Currently ranks #11025 among boys.
288 total births across 104 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 17 births in a single year.
Marvyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 92 births that decade — 32% of Marvyn's all-time total
Marvyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Marvyn's strongest decade
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Marvyn by state
Where Marvyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1921
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 20 | 6.9% |
20 of 288 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 6.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1921–2024 (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.