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Marvin

Pronounced /ˈmɑɹ.vɪn/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1929 · #1107
Origin
Welsh
Also recorded for boys:406 in 2024 (#671)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Marvin in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1929 with 44 babies, ranked #1107.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1902.
  • 1,615 girls have been named Marvin since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Marvin per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 378 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 436 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 351 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 298 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 142 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Welsh Merfyn (“Mervyn”), probably from mêr (“marrow”) + myn (“eminent”).

  • A male given name from Welsh.
Origin
Welsh
Say it
/ˈmɑɹ.vɪn/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Marvin, CC BY-SA 4.0.