Boys' name · since 1907
Murvin
Murvin has 194 recorded births since 1907 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1922 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,160 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 194
- born since 1907
- 1920s
- peak decade
194 boys have been named Murvin since 1907, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Murvin has 194 recorded births among boys since 1907, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1907 to 1967.
- #13,160 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 194 born since 1907
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Murvin ranks #13,160 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 194 born since 1907, peaking in the 1920s.
- #13,160 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 194
- born since 1907
- 1920s
- peak decade
Murvin's 194 recorded births place it above 71.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Murvin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Murvin splits its recorded history at 1932: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1907 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1922 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Murvin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1907–1967
- Peak year (1922)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Murvin by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (62 births, 32% of the file).
1920s was Murvin's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Murvin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 21
1910s
21 births
- 1920s
1920s
62 births
- 1930s
1930s
48 births
- 1940s
1940s
25 births
- 1950s 18
1950s
18 births
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 62 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Murvin's decade-level peak was the 1920s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Murvin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~60 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1907–1967 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Murvin draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.