Meaning not yet researched.
Marvin: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 385 in 2025. Its best rank was #44 in 1934.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #44 in 1934; #699 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Marvin in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#699 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1934, at #44.
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Marvin: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 385 boys in 2025. Peak: #44 in 1934 · most boys in one year: 4,452 (1928).
In 2025, 385 US boys were named Marvin, making it the 699th most common boys’ name of the year, down 27 places from #672 in 2024. That is 24 fewer than the 409 boys named Marvin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #44, reached in 1934. The most boys given the name in a single year was 4,452, in 1928. For comparison, it was #548 in 2015 and #93 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Marvin in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 69 babies with the name. In all, 255,807 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 41,324 babies named Marvin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,565 US boys were named Marvin; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 534. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,437 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Marvin ranked highest in Wisconsin in 2025, at #294 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Marven, Marvine and Marvene are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Marv.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Marven (714), Marvine (550), Marvene (498), Marwin (370), Marvyn (288), Marvion (146), Marvon (112), Marveen (62), Marvan (5), Marveon (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Marvin is listed as a nickname for Marv.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 29 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 20 | #294 | #471 |
| Maryland | 14 | #383 | #293 |
| Pennsylvania | 23 | #448 | #354 |
| Minnesota | 12 | #469 | #684 |
| Virginia | 17 | #470 | #436 |
| Indiana | 15 | #474 | #610 |
| Georgia | 21 | #510 | #647 |
| Florida | 31 | #565 | #461 |
| Ohio | 17 | #588 | #375 |
| Michigan | 11 | #703 | #548 |
| California | 38 | #712 | #494 |
| North Carolina | 12 | #751 | #483 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #759 | #490 |
| Missouri | 7 | #766 | #796 |
| Texas | 35 | #784 | #639 |
| Tennessee | 8 | #822 | #803 |
| Arizona | 7 | #823 | #760 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #865 | #452 |
| New York | 14 | #939 | #463 |
| Washington | 6 | #957 | #902 |
| Illinois | 8 | #988 | #552 |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,129 | #471 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 385 | #699 |
| 2024 | — | — | 409 | #672 |
| 2023 | — | — | 433 | #637 |
| 2022 | — | — | 457 | #612 |
| 2021 | — | — | 450 | #619 |
| 2020 | — | — | 451 | #607 |
| 2019 | 5 | #17,141 | 477 | #584 |
| 2018 | — | — | 482 | #574 |
| 2017 | — | — | 487 | #560 |
| 2016 | — | — | 534 | #542 |
| 2015 | — | — | 522 | #548 |
| 2014 | — | — | 572 | #493 |
| 2013 | — | — | 550 | #498 |
| 2012 | — | — | 581 | #471 |
| 2011 | — | — | 578 | #465 |
| 2010 | — | — | 636 | #431 |
| 2009 | — | — | 711 | #415 |
| 2008 | — | — | 827 | #372 |
| 2007 | — | — | 887 | #356 |
| 2006 | — | — | 897 | #344 |
| 2005 | — | — | 810 | #365 |
| 2004 | 5 | #17,848 | 803 | #352 |
| 2003 | — | — | 870 | #333 |
| 2002 | — | — | 802 | #341 |
| 2001 | — | — | 809 | #341 |
| 2000 | — | — | 815 | #336 |
| 1999 | — | — | 765 | #348 |
| 1998 | — | — | 840 | #323 |
| 1997 | — | — | 858 | #311 |
| 1996 | — | — | 871 | #303 |
| 1995 | — | — | 843 | #314 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,811 | 978 | #278 |
| 1993 | 9 | #9,232 | 1,081 | #267 |
| 1992 | 5 | #14,670 | 1,175 | #244 |
| 1991 | 5 | #14,539 | 1,193 | #237 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,941 | 1,216 | #237 |
| 1989 | 5 | #13,731 | 1,192 | #227 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,495 | 1,152 | #221 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,602 | 1,078 | #221 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,505 | 1,138 | #212 |
| 1985 | 15 | #5,001 | 1,142 | #212 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,748 | 1,100 | #210 |
| 1983 | 11 | #6,059 | 1,172 | #202 |
| 1982 | 9 | #7,253 | 1,135 | #214 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,652 | 1,173 | #211 |
| 1980 | 11 | #6,169 | 1,224 | #199 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,992 | 1,245 | #196 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,589 | 1,200 | #196 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,858 | 1,172 | #196 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,898 | 1,253 | #181 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,280 | 1,309 | #177 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,385 | 1,486 | #163 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,303 | 1,506 | #162 |
| 1972 | 22 | #3,020 | 1,594 | #163 |
| 1971 | 27 | #2,702 | 1,931 | #152 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,662 | 2,036 | #153 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,410 | 2,197 | #139 |
| 1968 | 28 | #2,340 | 2,255 | #129 |
| 1967 | 25 | #2,473 | 2,426 | #124 |
| 1966 | 18 | #3,003 | 2,735 | #113 |
| 1965 | 21 | #2,722 | 2,969 | #109 |
| 1964 | 30 | #2,232 | 2,978 | #119 |
| 1963 | 25 | #2,464 | 2,974 | #120 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,997 | 3,133 | #118 |
| 1961 | 21 | #2,721 | 3,185 | #120 |
| 1960 | 17 | #3,064 | 3,278 | #119 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,207 | 3,167 | #123 |
| 1958 | 21 | #2,552 | 3,302 | #119 |
| 1957 | 15 | #3,107 | 3,408 | #112 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,589 | 3,483 | #105 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,912 | 3,659 | #94 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,972 | 3,498 | #97 |
| 1953 | 23 | #2,216 | 3,564 | #94 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,140 | 3,575 | #95 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,769 | 3,557 | #96 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,739 | 3,493 | #93 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,315 | 3,725 | #89 |
| 1948 | 21 | #2,163 | 3,625 | #90 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,327 | 3,773 | #89 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,284 | 3,600 | #88 |
| 1945 | 17 | #2,122 | 3,294 | #80 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,688 | 3,569 | #75 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,928 | 3,939 | #66 |
| 1942 | 18 | #2,091 | 3,792 | #66 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,932 | 3,626 | #63 |
| 1940 | 21 | #1,775 | 3,502 | #63 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,710 | 3,758 | #52 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,297 | 3,900 | #53 |
| 1937 | 16 | #2,063 | 3,913 | #49 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,848 | 3,936 | #49 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,591 | 4,278 | #45 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,748 | 4,217 | #44 |
| 1933 | 29 | #1,348 | 4,132 | #44 |
| 1932 | 33 | #1,287 | 4,187 | #46 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,363 | 4,360 | #45 |
| 1930 | 35 | #1,283 | 4,404 | #48 |
| 1929 | 44 | #1,118 | 4,389 | #46 |
| 1928 | 32 | #1,385 | 4,452 | #46 |
| 1927 | 37 | #1,322 | 4,397 | #47 |
| 1926 | 33 | #1,405 | 4,111 | #50 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,681 | 4,092 | #51 |
| 1924 | 40 | #1,273 | 4,024 | #50 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,657 | 3,810 | #51 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,761 | 3,580 | #56 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,846 | 3,490 | #59 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,734 | 3,244 | #62 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,459 | 2,997 | #63 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,787 | 2,829 | #68 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,163 | 2,517 | #68 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,602 | 2,529 | #66 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,106 | 2,227 | #72 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,373 | 1,627 | #75 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,118 | 1,236 | #77 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,275 | 958 | #83 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,894 | 488 | #82 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,880 | 413 | #84 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,897 | 354 | #85 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,785 | 311 | #87 |
| 1907 | — | — | 304 | #87 |
| 1906 | — | — | 245 | #94 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,131 | 215 | #100 |
| 1904 | — | — | 203 | #104 |
| 1903 | — | — | 185 | #106 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,726 | 186 | #105 |
| 1901 | — | — | 145 | #117 |
| 1900 | — | — | 176 | #130 |
| 1899 | — | — | 138 | #121 |
| 1898 | — | — | 127 | #141 |
| 1897 | — | — | 134 | #122 |
| 1896 | — | — | 93 | #175 |
| 1895 | — | — | 107 | #144 |
| 1894 | — | — | 92 | #168 |
| 1893 | — | — | 102 | #148 |
| 1892 | — | — | 88 | #180 |
| 1891 | — | — | 93 | #143 |
| 1890 | — | — | 99 | #143 |
| 1889 | — | — | 77 | #175 |
| 1888 | — | — | 90 | #167 |
| 1887 | — | — | 70 | #181 |
| 1886 | — | — | 90 | #155 |
| 1885 | — | — | 65 | #197 |
| 1884 | — | — | 73 | #190 |
| 1883 | — | — | 71 | #174 |
| 1882 | — | — | 64 | #201 |
| 1881 | — | — | 57 | #200 |
| 1880 | — | — | 69 | #184 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).