Marwin — boys' name
370 babies named Marwin in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Marwin was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Marwin in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marwin
The Social Security Administration has registered 370 babies named Marwin between 1918 and 2020, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marwin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marwin performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Marwin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Marwin in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marwin 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 370 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.
Marwin at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marwin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1918
- Peak year (1990)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 103 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
370 total births across 103 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 17 births in a single year.
Marwin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 90 births that decade — 24% of Marwin's all-time total
Marwin decade highlights
- Peak decade 90 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Marwin's strongest decade
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Marwin by state
Where Marwin concentrates geographically — total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 3.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.4% |
11 of 370 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.0% of nationwide
- Texas 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.0% 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, 1918–2020 (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.