Mervyn

Boy · recorded 1905–2016

  • 2016last recorded
  • 1935best year

Most popular in 1935.

Last recorded in 2016. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1905

0265219051933196119882016

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 82 recorded years as a table
Mervyn, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190538
191131
191228
191339
191421
191534
191622
191726
191824
191915
192034
192133
192220
192321
192425
192531
192627
192720
192824
192933
193043
193131
193237
193347
193446
193552
193650
193752
193832
193937
194034
194120
194224
194324
194418
194514
194614
19477
19488
194912
19509
19517
19525
19537
19546
19555
19567
19576
19586
19594
19604
19614
19627
19638
19646
19654
19665
19676
196810
19704
19717
19727
19746
19754
19764
19775
19793
19804
19818
19824
19834
19844
19854
19894
19904
19915
19927
19945
19984
20013
20024
20163

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Mervyn isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2016
5
Rank in 2016
#12,185
How rare
1 in 379,547 boys
Since 1905
1,581

Mervyn was last recorded in 2016. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1935, at 52 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Mervyn doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.