How rare is the name Marva?

8,752 people in the United States have the first name Marva, about 1 in 34,510. It ranks #2,684 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MARVA

#2,684

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,752
About
1 in 34,510
This common or more
80.6%
Who bears it

Of the 8,752 people named Marva, 66.5% reported their origin as Black, 24.3% as White and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marva peaked in 1948, when 371 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132023
Peak year
1948
Births that year
371
In 2023
5 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 10,369 babies have been given the name since 1913. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Marva by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #772. The largest share of babies named Marva, 44.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#4,68880
1920s#2,267394
1930s#8761,854
1940s#7723,115
1950s#1,0132,576
1960s#1,5431,344
1970s#2,725571
1980s#5,057281
1990s#12,206110
2000s#33,83419
2010s#36,94115
2020s#33,74410
Greatest Generation 1901–273.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4536.5%
Baby boom 1946–6444.9%
Generation X 1965–8011.3%
Millennials 1981–963.3%
Generation Z 1997–120.3%
2013 and later0.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Marva is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marva has been most common in Utah (4.1×), Idaho (3×), and Arkansas (3×), and least common in New York (0.43×).

7,665 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Marva

#2,681 Lyn · 8,755#2,683 Rico · 8,753#2,685 Suzanna · 8,750#2,686 Beckham · 8,743

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marva, most common first.

#17,597 Marv · 623#24,676 Marvia · 389#27,750 Marvi · 328#46,679 Marfa · 142#51,658 Marve · 112

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