Feminine dossier · first seen 1913

Marva

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Marva
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1948

Peak era

1948

Peak rank proxy

371

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Boomer

1913Peak 19482024

Peak year

1948

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

10,362

Marva is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1948, when 371 girls were named Marva.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 10,362 Americans have been named Marva and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1913.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1948

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