first name
MERVIN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,257 people named Mervin, 63.9% reported their origin as White, 19.7% as Black and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Mervin peaked in 1920, when 257 babies got the name.
At least 12,360 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.
Mervin by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #843. The largest share of babies named Mervin, 26.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest 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 Mervin is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mervin has been most common in Pennsylvania (4.9×), Iowa (4.8×), and Louisiana (4×), and least common in Florida (0.13×).
7,351 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 Mervin
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mervin, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mervin ranks #42,463 of 156,621, with 550 people. See Mervin as a last name
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