Marvella
- #10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births
- Peak · girls
- 1927 · 35 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,535since 1910
Marvella over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Marvella has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 |
| 2024 | #5,799 | 21 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 |
| 2019 | #6,414 | 18 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 |
| 2017 | #5,517 | 23 |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 |
| 1963 | #2,704 | 21 |
| 1962 | #2,741 | 20 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 |
| 1957 | #2,727 | 18 |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #2,695 | 17 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | #2,411 | 19 |
| 1951 | #2,064 | 23 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 |
| 1949 | #1,882 | 26 |
| 1948 | #1,820 | 27 |
| 1947 | #2,448 | 17 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 |
| 1940 | #1,635 | 23 |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 |
| 1937 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 |
| 1932 | #1,520 | 25 |
| 1931 | #1,421 | 27 |
| 1930 | #1,703 | 22 |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 |
| 1927 | #1,362 | 35 |
| 1926 | #1,721 | 24 |
| 1925 | #1,647 | 26 |
| 1924 | #1,926 | 21 |
| 1923 | #1,782 | 23 |
| 1922 | #1,897 | 21 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
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| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1910
The first year at least five girls were named Marvella! It came in at #2,398, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Marvella is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Marvella in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Marvella
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 4,308 spots since 2024 (#5,799 → #10,107)
- 4,620 spots since 2020 (#5,487 → #10,107)
- 759 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #10,107)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1927 at #1,362 (35 births)
- Births halved by 1928, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 34,069
- Highest: 1 in 34,069 girls born in 1927 were named Marvella (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 13.9% of all girls named Marvella (214) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 62 | #2,398 (1910) | #2,974 |
| 1920s | 214 | #1,362 (1927) | #1,961 |
| 1930s | 183 | #1,421 (1931) | #1,912 |
| 1940s | 185 | #1,635 (1940) | #2,171 |
| 1950s | 156 | #2,064 (1951) | #2,956 |
| 1960s | 180 | #2,464 (1965) | #3,124 |
| 1970s | 119 | #3,481 (1973) | #5,303 |
| 1980s | 79 | #4,476 (1983) | #7,042 |
| 1990s | 63 | #6,723 (1996) | #10,219 |
| 2000s | 90 | #7,317 (2001) | #11,828 |
| 2010s | 105 | #5,517 (2017) | #8,264 |
| 2020s | 99 | #5,487 (2020) | #7,141 |
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.
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