Marvelyn

Girl · recorded 1918–1952

  • 1952last recorded
  • 1937best year

Most popular in 1937.

Last recorded in 1952. Fewer than five girls 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 1918

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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 21 recorded years as a table
Marvelyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19184
19226
19245
19265
19284
19294
19307
19326
19337
19347
19355
19365
193710
19436
19444
19454
19464
19475
19485
19504
19523

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Marvelyn 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.

More like it

More like Marvelyn

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1952
5
Rank in 1952
#5,563
How rare
1 in 370,867 girls
Since 1918
138

Marvelyn was last recorded in 1952. 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 1937, at 10 per million girls born.

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

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