Mervin
Mervin was given to 58 boys in 2025, #2,377 among boys’ names; 12,360 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,330 Americans named Mervin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (43% of everyone recorded); the median is 51 years old and half are between 26 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mervin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mervin mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mervin is “a male given name from Welsh.”
Variant of Mervyn.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mervin?
#2,377 among boys’ names, 2025
Mervin rose from #2,511 in 2015 to #2,377 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 26.1 to 34.0 per million.
257 babies in 1920, the peak
Mervin peaked in 1920, when 257 babies were given it (249 boys, #377 among boys’ names). The 58 births of 2025 are 23% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,377 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,412 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 61 | #2,307 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 43 | #2,940 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 46 | #2,762 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 58 | #2,340 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,032 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 43 | #2,827 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 51 | #2,519 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 54 | #2,402 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 50 | #2,511 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 48 | #2,563 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 44 | #2,694 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 57 | #2,284 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 45 | #2,689 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 62 | #2,163 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 62 | #2,176 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 58 | #2,282 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 53 | #2,428 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,051 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 52 | #2,283 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 51 | #2,268 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,044 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 46 | #2,278 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 60 | #1,854 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,034 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 50 | #1,952 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 68 | #1,564 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 64 | #1,590 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 45 | #1,974 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 48 | #1,820 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 53 | #1,700 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 71 | #1,371 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 72 | #1,329 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 71 | #1,342 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 66 | #1,372 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 53 | #1,537 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 54 | #1,436 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 59 | #1,276 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 59 | #1,263 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 46 | #1,466 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 59 | #1,195 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 51 | #1,305 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 54 | #1,270 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 70 | #1,092 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 47 | #1,387 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 57 | #1,217 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,248 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,134 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,279 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 61 | #1,076 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 61 | #1,057 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 52 | #1,143 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 62 | #1,029 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 63 | #1,030 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 86 | #873 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 81 | #854 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 65 | #896 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 87 | #784 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 74 | #847 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 90 | #783 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 90 | #797 | 0.05 |
| 1963 | 110 | #739 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 103 | #755 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 112 | #727 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 108 | #743 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 99 | #771 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 107 | #719 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 119 | #698 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 110 | #706 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 108 | #706 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 102 | #715 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 122 | #645 | 0.06 |
| 1952 | 99 | #706 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 126 | #626 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 143 | #567 | 0.08 |
| 1949 | 122 | #616 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 130 | #585 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 134 | #589 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 145 | #535 | 0.09 |
| 1945 | 105 | #596 | 0.08 |
| 1944 | 160 | #478 | 0.12 |
| 1943 | 160 | #490 | 0.11 |
| 1942 | 182 | #460 | 0.13 |
| 1941 | 173 | #449 | 0.14 |
| 1940 | 150 | #471 | 0.13 |
| 1939 | 163 | #450 | 0.15 |
| 1938 | 172 | #439 | 0.16 |
| 1937 | 192 | #408 | 0.18 |
| 1936 | 196 | #391 | 0.19 |
| 1935 | 203 | #381 | 0.19 |
| 1934 | 167 | #435 | 0.16 |
| 1933 | 168 | #422 | 0.17 |
| 1932 | 201 | #395 | 0.19 |
| 1931 | 181 | #419 | 0.17 |
| 1930 | 196 | #422 | 0.18 |
| 1929 | 214 | #396 | 0.20 |
| 1928 | 218 | #406 | 0.20 |
| 1927 | 221 | #404 | 0.20 |
| 1926 | 228 | #392 | 0.21 |
| 1925 | 199 | #425 | 0.18 |
| 1924 | 211 | #421 | 0.19 |
| 1923 | 239 | #384 | 0.22 |
| 1922 | 221 | #406 | 0.20 |
| 1921 | 216 | #414 | 0.20 |
| 1920 | 249 | #377 | 0.23 |
| 1919 | 210 | #402 | 0.21 |
| 1918 | 193 | #418 | 0.19 |
| 1917 | 202 | #400 | 0.22 |
| 1916 | 172 | #432 | 0.19 |
| 1915 | 163 | #422 | 0.19 |
| 1914 | 119 | #442 | 0.18 |
| 1913 | 96 | #434 | 0.19 |
| 1912 | 72 | #466 | 0.17 |
| 1911 | 38 | #478 | 0.17 |
| 1910 | 24 | #593 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 20 | #606 | 0.12 |
| 1908 | 15 | #703 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 21 | #530 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 21 | #499 | 0.16 |
| 1905 | 14 | #656 | 0.11 |
| 1904 | 10 | #795 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 8 | #891 | 0.07 |
| 1902 | 11 | #717 | 0.09 |
| 1901 | 10 | #712 | 0.09 |
| 1900 | 19 | #572 | 0.13 |
| 1899 | 8 | #838 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 13 | #621 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 14 | #572 | 0.12 |
| 1896 | 7 | #946 | 0.06 |
| 1895 | 14 | #571 | 0.12 |
| 1893 | 10 | #689 | 0.09 |
| 1892 | 10 | #732 | 0.08 |
| 1891 | 8 | #747 | 0.08 |
| 1890 | 10 | #653 | 0.09 |
| 1889 | 9 | #707 | 0.08 |
| 1888 | 8 | #795 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 9 | #664 | 0.09 |
| 1886 | 8 | #738 | 0.07 |
| 1885 | 12 | #568 | 0.11 |
| 1884 | 14 | #518 | 0.12 |
| 1883 | 7 | #774 | 0.07 |
| 1882 | 6 | #913 | 0.05 |
| 1881 | 8 | #684 | 0.08 |
| 1880 | 6 | #877 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Mervin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mervin has been given almost only to boys: 38 girls in 145 years of records.
Girls and boys named Mervin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mervin, and how old are they?
5,330 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 43% of the 12,360 Americans ever recorded as Mervin. The median Mervin alive today is 51 years old; half are between 26 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 6,257 people named Mervin (52 women and girls, 6,205 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,821 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 571 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,420 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 916 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 884 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 884 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 649 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Mervin born?
The states with the most babies named Mervin are Pennsylvania, Ohio and California, with 45% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 1,941 | #598 | 2.4× |
| Ohio | 773 | #913 | 1.3× |
| California | 570 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Louisiana | 543 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Indiana | 510 | #918 | 1.6× |
| Iowa | 468 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Illinois | 360 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| New York | 359 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Minnesota | 260 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 243 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Mervin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Mervin is most over-represented in Pennsylvania: since 1910 it was given 2.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Mervin with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 13,946 babies since 1880, Mervin is the most given (89% of them). In 2025 it was given to 58 of their 58 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Mervin
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Mervin and names like it
- Compare Mervin and MervynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMervin peaked in 1920.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mervin since 1910.
- Welsh namesWiktionary’s origin for Mervin: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Mervin.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Mervin alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.