Masculine dossier · first seen 1905

Mervyn

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1937

Peak era

1937

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Silent Generation

1905Peak 19372024

Peak year

1937

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

1,581

Mervyn 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 1937, when 55 boys were named Mervyn.

No boys 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 1,581 Americans have been named Mervyn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1905.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1937

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