Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Marvin

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

Endangered Down 90.9% from peak

Peak era

1928

Peak rank proxy

4,452

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19282024

Peak year

1928

Decline from peak

90.9%

2024

406

All-time

253,786

Marvin once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1928, when 4,452 boys were named Marvin.

In 2024, only 406 boys were given the name.

Down 90.9% from its peak.

All told, about 253,786 Americans have been named Marvin and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 90.9% from peak

19284,452 boys named Marvin

2024406 boys named Marvin

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