Marvell
- Last seen for girls in 1972 at #8,292
- #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
- Given to boys 78.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1971 · 22 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,157since 1920
Marvell over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #8,300 | 9 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,406 | 13 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,546 | 10 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,053 | 14 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,676 | 12 | |
| 2014 | — | #6,632 | 12 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,171 | 17 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,035 | 18 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,675 | 15 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,099 | 24 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,476 | 31 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,187 | 11 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,313 | 33 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,001 | 24 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,615 | 26 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,246 | 15 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,703 | 16 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,842 | 21 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,785 | 15 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,537 | 15 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,650 | 14 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,903 | 26 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,830 | 17 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,432 | 19 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,469 | 19 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,661 | 17 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,748 | 16 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,683 | 25 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,309 | 18 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,446 | 16 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,203 | 16 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,559 | 21 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,226 | 24 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,437 | 20 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,408 | 20 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,108 | 14 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,898 | 15 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,897 | 15 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,669 | 16 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,458 | 18 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,826 | 14 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,674 | 14 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,216 | 18 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | — | #1,916 | 22 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,125 | 18 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,046 | 17 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,780 | 9 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,050 | 8 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #2,117 | 15 |
| 1961 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,494 | 11 | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,391 | 11 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | — | |
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| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1920
The first year at least five boys were named Marvell! It came in at #3,208, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1923, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Marvell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Marvell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Marvell
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 633 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #7,679)
- 177 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #7,679)
- 1,003 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #7,679)
Rise & fade · boys
51 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1971 at #1,916 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 62,891
- Highest: 1 in 62,891 boys born in 2007 were named Marvell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,916 in 1971, was only 1 in 80,384 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 17.6% of all boys named Marvell (204) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1957
- Mostly girls until 1956, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 14 | #3,208 (1920) | #3,538 |
| 1930s | 26 | #2,973 (1934) | #3,251 |
| 1940s | 22 | #3,173 (1946) | #3,424 |
| 1950s | 71 | #2,391 (1953) | #3,111 |
| 1960s | 109 | #2,046 (1969) | #2,654 |
| 1970s | 158 | #1,916 (1971) | #2,641 |
| 1980s | 173 | #2,226 (1985) | #2,881 |
| 1990s | 186 | #2,683 (1991) | #3,622 |
| 2000s | 204 | #3,313 (2007) | #4,605 |
| 2010s | 149 | #4,099 (2010) | #5,933 |
| 2020s | 45 | #7,502 (2020) | #8,301 |
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.
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