first name
MARVIN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 135,343 people named Marvin, 49.4% reported their origin as White, 25.7% as Black and 18.9% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Marvin peaked in 1928, when 4,484 babies got the name.
At least 255,807 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Marvin by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #101. The largest share of babies named Marvin, 28.2%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.
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 Marvin is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marvin has been most common in South Dakota (2.8×), North Dakota (2.8×), and Nebraska (2.2×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.05×).
247,679 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 Marvin
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marvin, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Marvin ranks #3,604 of 156,621, with 9,627 people. See Marvin as a last name
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