Mervyn — boys' name

What the Data Says About Mervyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,581 babies named Mervyn between 1905 and 2016, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mervyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1937, when 55 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mervyn performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 451 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Mervyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 259 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Mervyn in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mervyn 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 1,581 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.