Malvin

Last seen for girls in 1928 at #4,195 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1913 · 40 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,673
since 1886

Malvin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Malvin has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #734, 1913boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024——
2023—#10,8216
2022—#9,8237
2021—#12,1465
2020—#8,7398
2019—#8,8898
2018—#8,1549
2017—#8,8408
2016—#8,1469
2015—#5,28917
2014—#7,56210
2013—#5,92314
2012——
2011—#5,94514
2010—#8,1399
2009—#7,23611
2008—#9,0198
2007—#7,59010
2006—#6,46012
2005—#7,09610
2004—#8,1438
2003—#8,6437
2002—#6,52210
2001—#7,5368
2000—#5,92011
1999—#8,7046
1998—#6,8438
1997—#6,6188
1996—#7,1367
1995—#6,9927
1994—#4,53713
1993—#6,2288
1992—#5,23610
1991—#5,9428
1990—#4,16713
1989—#5,6158
1988—#7,2705
1987—#4,5739
1986—#2,89117
1985—#4,6988
1984—#3,70111
1983—#4,4998
1982—#4,5938
1981—#3,22113
1980—#3,83810
1979—#4,4038
1978—#2,66916
1977—#3,20312
1976—#3,09512
1975—#2,90213
1974—#2,27718
1973—#2,60614
1972—#2,53414
1971—#1,78425
1970—#1,84723
1969—#2,13016
1968—#2,9079
1967—#1,85318
1966—#1,96316
1965—#1,72021
1964—#1,70022
1963—#1,83919
1962—#1,62524
1961—#1,94818
1960—#1,97317
1959—#2,03316
1958—#1,76620
1957—#1,51127
1956—#1,60824
1955—#1,45828
1954—#1,29234
1953—#1,23137
1952—#1,32332
1951—#1,33231
1950—#1,20336
1949—#1,46225
1948—#1,19436
1947—#1,06446
1946—#1,12438
1945—#1,24928
1944—#1,28227
1943—#1,12037
1942—#1,19334
1941—#1,09136
1940—#1,33425
1939—#1,12033
1938—#1,14932
1937—#1,23329
1936—#1,20530
1935—#91548
1934—#90948
1933—#1,15932
1932—#1,09038
1931—#1,01543
1930—#84160
1929—#97548
1928#4,1956#92753
1927—#89258
1926—#1,10841
1925—#90056
1924—#87262
1923—#1,12840
1922#4,4456#90559
1921—#83468
1920—#86562
1919—#94950
1918—#1,09439
1917—#96445
1916—#1,01340
1915—#87949
1914—#1,07328
1913—#73440
1912—#97022
1911—#1,1909
1910—#98111
1909—#1,1557
1908—#1,3735
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1906—#8529
1905——
1904—#1,2055
1903——
1902—#1,0136
1901—#9436
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1886—#8456
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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five boys were named Malvin! It came in at #845, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1900, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Malvin is popular in 1886

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Malvin
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 256 spots in 1924 (#1,128 → #872)
  • Biggest drop: 339 spots in 1914 (#734 → #1,073)
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1913 at #734 (40 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 45 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1919–1922
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,814
  • Highest: 1 in 12,814 boys born in 1913 were named Malvin (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 285,096 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.5% of all boys named Malvin (547) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#845 (1886)#845
1890s0——
1900s38#852 (1906)#1,090
1910s333#734 (1913)#985
1920s547#834 (1921)#941
1930s393#841 (1930)#1,064
1940s332#1,064 (1947)#1,211
1950s285#1,203 (1950)#1,476
1960s180#1,625 (1962)#1,966
1970s155#1,784 (1971)#2,732
1980s97#2,891 (1986)#4,490
1990s88#4,167 (1990)#6,240
2000s95#5,920 (2000)#7,417
2010s98#5,289 (2015)#7,432
2020s26#8,739 (2020)#10,382

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Malvin in 1886

boys
#845
6 births · 1 in 18,464 boys

Top boys' names in 1886

  1. #1John9,026
  2. #2William8,252
  3. #3James5,355
  4. #4George4,671
  5. #5Charles4,533
  6. #6Frank3,127
  7. #7Joseph2,594
  8. #8Robert2,443
  9. #9Henry2,404
  10. #10Thomas2,337
  11. #845Malvin6
More about 1886

boys

110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 18,464 of them was named Malvin, which outranked 23.9% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Malvin
  1. #758Wirt7
  2. #758Wong7
  3. #758Woody7
  4. #845Malvin6
  5. #845Ada6
  6. #845Algie6
  7. #845Almon6
  8. #959Acey5
  9. #959Adelbert5
  10. #959Alan5

Tied with 113 names at #845; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. ↑ 505Thornton#936 → #431
  2. ↑ 485Oswald#936 → #451
  3. ↑ 445Evans#936 → #491
  4. ↑ 396Grace#936 → #540
  5. ↑ 385Abel#836 → #451
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Adelbert#462 → #959
  2. ↓ 438Carey#521 → #959
  3. ↓ 412Santiago#547 → #959
  4. ↓ 382Brooks#577 → #959
  5. ↓ 355Alma#604 → #959

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1886 →