Mervin — #2389 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Mervin

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,259 babies named Mervin between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mervin currently holds the #2389 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 249 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mervin performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,216 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Mervin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 1,924 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Mervin in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mervin 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 12,259 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.