Feminine dossier · first seen 1910

Marvella

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1927

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1910Peak 19272024

Peak year

1927

Decline from peak

40%

2024

All-time

1,526

Marvella has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1927, when 35 girls were named Marvella.

In 2024, only 21 girls were given the name.

Down 40% from its peak.

All told, about 1,526 Americans have been named Marvella and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1910.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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