Mervil — boys' name
126 babies named Mervil in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Mervil was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Mervil in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mervil
The Social Security Administration has registered 126 babies named Mervil between 1912 and 1943, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mervil currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1943. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mervil performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mervil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mervil 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 126 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.
Mervil at a glance
Last recorded 1943Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mervil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–1912
- Peak year (1918)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1943.
126 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 10 births in a single year.
Mervil by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 56 births that decade — 44% of Mervil's all-time total
Mervil decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Mervil's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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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, 1912–1943 (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.