Marvella

Peak · girls
1927 · 35 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,535
since 1910

Marvella over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Marvella has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,362, 1927girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#10,1079
2024#5,79921
2023#8,05513
2022#6,70717
2021#6,69117
2020#5,48722
2019#6,41418
2018#6,24819
2017#5,51723
2016#7,60215
2015#10,8669
2014#8,05314
2013#13,1507
2012—
2011—
2010—
2009#17,2945
2008#17,5045
2007#8,52014
2006#12,4208
2005#10,9219
2004#10,6909
2003#13,8446
2002#12,1877
2001#7,31714
2000#7,58013
1999#12,6886
1998#12,4266
1997—
1996#6,72313
1995#10,5147
1994—
1993#10,5887
1992#8,06510
1991#9,3368
1990#11,4096
1989—
1988#7,11110
1987#7,9878
1986#8,5237
1985—
1984#6,29110
1983#4,47616
1982#10,5175
1981#5,88511
1980#5,54412
1979#5,09213
1978#5,95810
1977#4,94213
1976#8,1566
1975#5,51610
1974#7,6806
1973#3,48118
1972#4,09114
1971#4,53412
1970#3,57717
1969#2,91721
1968#2,96919
1967#4,9828
1966#3,26615
1965#2,46424
1964#2,75221
1963#2,70421
1962#2,74120
1961#3,46014
1960#2,98917
1959#3,61912
1958#3,23214
1957#2,72718
1956#2,82617
1955#4,0699
1954#2,69517
1953#3,26912
1952#2,41119
1951#2,06423
1950#2,65215
1949#1,88226
1948#1,82027
1947#2,44817
1946#2,02421
1945#2,23715
1944#2,09617
1943#2,55813
1942#2,81711
1941#2,19015
1940#1,63523
1939#2,12515
1938#2,11315
1937#1,67921
1936#2,38612
1935#1,91717
1934#2,28913
1933#1,97016
1932#1,52025
1931#1,42127
1930#1,70322
1929#1,70422
1928#2,09417
1927#1,36235
1926#1,72124
1925#1,64726
1924#1,92621
1923#1,78223
1922#1,89721
1921#2,37815
1920#3,09710
1919#2,51513
1918#3,8697
1917#3,0929
1916#3,9196
1915#2,9009
1914#2,6388
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1911#2,4635
1910#2,3985
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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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s62#2,398 (1910)#2,974
1920s214#1,362 (1927)#1,961
1930s183#1,421 (1931)#1,912
1940s185#1,635 (1940)#2,171
1950s156#2,064 (1951)#2,956
1960s180#2,464 (1965)#3,124
1970s119#3,481 (1973)#5,303
1980s79#4,476 (1983)#7,042
1990s63#6,723 (1996)#10,219
2000s90#7,317 (2001)#11,828
2010s105#5,517 (2017)#8,264
2020s99#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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