Mervil

Peak · boys
1912 · 8 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
126
since 1912

Mervil over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Mervil has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,885, 1912boys
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1912#1,8858
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Mervil! It came in at #1,885, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1921–1923, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Mervil is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Mervil in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Mervil
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1943
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1912 at #1,885 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1921, 9 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 53,743
  • Highest: 1 in 53,743 boys born in 1912 were named Mervil (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 237,883 boys born in 1943 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 44.4% of all boys named Mervil (56) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s56#1,885 (1912)#2,994
1920s36#2,967 (1920)#3,439
1930s28#2,452 (1936)#3,016
1940s6#3,231 (1943)#3,231

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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