Marva

Girl · recorded 1913–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1936best year

Most popular in 1936.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Marva.

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Its story

Popularity since 1913

016833619131941196819962023

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 94 recorded years as a table
Marva, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19138
19149
191510
191611
19179
191814
191918
192020
192125
192221
192329
192430
192536
192633
192736
192852
192950
193061
193154
193253
193360
193471
1935178
1936336
1937321
1938301
1939291
1940260
1941280
1942204
1943231
1944238
1945201
1946182
1947185
1948219
1949186
1950184
1951183
1952130
1953157
1954145
1955133
1956126
1957105
195886
1959105
196085
196174
196287
196375
196474
196571
196666
196764
196866
196968
197065
197156
197245
197340
197444
197532
197621
197724
197816
197921
198021
198118
198220
198320
198420
198513
19869
198715
198813
198915
199012
199110
19927
19939
19945
19955
19966
19973
19993
20003
20025
20053
20123
20143
20183
20203
20233

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Marva 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 2023
5
Rank in 2023
#15,194
How rare
1 in 320,916 girls
Since 1913
10,362

Marva was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1936, at 336 per million girls born.

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

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