Marva
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · Last seen for boys in 1936 at #2,854
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1936 · 350 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,362since 1913
Marva over time
Rank among girls' names. Marva has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,566 | 28 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,893 | 23 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,424 | 26 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,730 | 33 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,659 | 33 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,704 | 34 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,928 | 30 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,651 | 35 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,671 | 33 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,196 | 24 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,381 | 37 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,546 | 31 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,935 | 46 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,499 | 65 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,570 | 59 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,414 | 69 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,204 | 94 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,074 | 113 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,007 | 115 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,002 | 109 | — | |
| 1967 | #997 | 105 | — | |
| 1966 | #966 | 111 | — | |
| 1965 | #902 | 125 | — | |
| 1964 | #872 | 141 | — | |
| 1963 | #874 | 144 | — | |
| 1962 | #794 | 172 | — | |
| 1961 | #869 | 150 | — | |
| 1960 | #779 | 172 | — | |
| 1959 | #688 | 212 | — | |
| 1958 | #755 | 173 | — | |
| 1957 | #672 | 214 | — | |
| 1956 | #599 | 252 | — | |
| 1955 | #565 | 261 | — | |
| 1954 | #528 | 282 | — | |
| 1953 | #505 | 296 | — | |
| 1952 | #555 | 241 | — | |
| 1951 | #458 | 330 | — | |
| 1950 | #457 | 315 | — | |
| 1949 | #447 | 318 | — | |
| 1948 | #410 | 371 | — | |
| 1947 | #450 | 328 | — | |
| 1946 | #462 | 286 | — | |
| 1945 | #440 | 263 | — | |
| 1944 | #399 | 316 | — | |
| 1943 | #407 | 322 | — | |
| 1942 | #439 | 276 | — | |
| 1941 | #365 | 338 | — | |
| 1940 | #391 | 297 | — | |
| 1939 | #366 | 319 | — | |
| 1938 | #355 | 332 | — | |
| 1937 | #342 | 342 | — | |
| 1936 | #333 | 350 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #466 | 187 | — | |
| 1934 | #781 | 74 | — | |
| 1933 | #865 | 60 | — | |
| 1932 | #933 | 57 | — | |
| 1931 | #920 | 57 | — | |
| 1930 | #859 | 69 | — | |
| 1929 | #959 | 56 | — | |
| 1928 | #962 | 60 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,172 | 43 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,243 | 39 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,160 | 44 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,328 | 37 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,327 | 35 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,682 | 25 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,476 | 31 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,708 | 24 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | — | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Marva! It came in at #3,187, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1998, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Marva is popular in 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#107 · 1 in 435
- Nebraska#206 · 1 in 1,506
- Arkansas#221 · 1 in 1,040
- Mississippi#229 · 1 in 1,187
- Virginia#231 · 1 in 1,589
Best ever in a state: #70 in Utah, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #107 | 11 | 1 in 435 |
| Nebraska | #206 | 6 | 1 in 1,506 |
| Arkansas | #221 | 18 | 1 in 1,040 |
| Mississippi | #229 | 19 | 1 in 1,187 |
| Virginia | #231 | 15 | 1 in 1,589 |
| Missouri | #241 | 15 | 1 in 1,789 |
| West Virginia | #250 | 11 | 1 in 1,731 |
| Florida | #262 | 9 | 1 in 1,508 |
| South Carolina | #262 | 11 | 1 in 1,863 |
| Alabama | #275 | 16 | 1 in 1,833 |
| Indiana | #277 | 9 | 1 in 2,896 |
| Michigan | #288 | 14 | 1 in 3,020 |
| Georgia | #291 | 15 | 1 in 2,054 |
| Kansas | #297 | 5 | 1 in 2,460 |
| Pennsylvania | #302 | 22 | 1 in 3,380 |
| Iowa | #325 | 5 | 1 in 3,782 |
| New Jersey | #332 | 6 | 1 in 4,117 |
| Oklahoma | #335 | 9 | 1 in 2,259 |
| North Carolina | #338 | 11 | 1 in 3,360 |
| Illinois | #339 | 16 | 1 in 3,451 |
| Tennessee | #350 | 8 | 1 in 3,391 |
| Ohio | #386 | 10 | 1 in 5,107 |
| Louisiana | #391 | 7 | 1 in 3,174 |
| Texas | #421 | 19 | 1 in 3,037 |
| Kentucky | #462 | 5 | 1 in 5,645 |
| California | #635 | 5 | 1 in 8,904 |
| New York | #697 | 5 | 1 in 17,111 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Marva
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 315 spots in 1935 (#781 → #466)
- Biggest drop: 97 spots in 1952 (#458 → #555)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1936 at #333 (350 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1928–1967
- Highest: 1 in 2,973 girls born in 1936 were named Marva (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 30.1% of all girls named Marva (3,115) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 80 | #1,855 (1919) | #2,599 |
| 1920s | 394 | #959 (1929) | #1,302 |
| 1930s | 1,847 | #333 (1936) | #622 |
| 1940s | 3,115 | #365 (1941) | #421 |
| 1950s | 2,576 | #457 (1950) | #578 |
| 1960s | 1,344 | #779 (1960) | #906 |
| 1970s | 571 | #1,074 (1970) | #1,949 |
| 1980s | 281 | #2,651 (1980) | #3,290 |
| 1990s | 110 | #4,380 (1990) | #8,019 |
| 2000s | 19 | #10,246 (2002) | #13,913 |
| 2010s | 15 | #15,682 (2018) | #16,355 |
| 2020s | 10 | #15,088 (2020) | #15,141 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Marva in 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 3,324 of them was named Marva, which outranked 92.9% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.