Marva is an established girls' name that peaked in 1948 and has since faded.
Marva is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2023. Marva was first reported in SSA data in 1913 and peaked in 1948 (371 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | #16,753 | — |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | #16,672 | — |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | #17,285 | — |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | #18,275 | — |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 | #18,606 | — |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | #18,209 | — |
| 2002 | 9 | 9 | #10,784 | — |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | #16,655 | — |
| 1999 | 6 | 6 | #13,794 | — |
| 1997 | 6 | — | #13,131 | — |
| 1996 | 10 | — | #8,595 | — |
| 1995 | 9 | — | #9,246 | — |
| 1994 | 9 | — | #9,321 | — |
| 1993 | 16 | — | #5,846 | — |
| 1992 | 13 | — | #6,909 | — |
| 1991 | 19 | — | #5,114 | — |
| 1990 | 22 | — | #4,463 | — |
| 1989 | 28 | — | #3,633 | — |
| 1988 | 23 | — | #3,977 | — |
| 1987 | 26 | — | #3,485 | — |
| 1986 | 16 | — | #4,879 | — |
| 1985 | 23 | — | #3,687 | — |
| 1984 | 33 | — | #2,762 | — |
| 1983 | 33 | — | #2,706 | — |
| 1982 | 34 | — | #2,740 | — |
| 1981 | 30 | — | #2,957 | — |
| 1980 | 35 | — | #2,682 | — |
| 1979 | 33 | — | #2,706 | — |
| 1978 | 24 | — | #3,247 | — |
| 1977 | 37 | — | #2,408 | — |
| 1976 | 31 | — | #2,584 | — |
| 1975 | 46 | — | #1,949 | — |
| 1974 | 65 | — | #1,510 | — |
| 1973 | 59 | — | #1,583 | — |
| 1972 | 69 | — | #1,427 | — |
| 1971 | 94 | — | #1,207 | — |
| 1970 | 113 | — | #1,076 | — |
| 1969 | 115 | — | #1,016 | — |
| 1968 | 109 | — | #1,007 | — |
| 1967 | 105 | — | #999 | — |
| 1966 | 111 | — | #968 | — |
| 1965 | 125 | — | #903 | — |
| 1964 | 141 | — | #874 | — |
| 1963 | 144 | — | #876 | — |
| 1962 | 172 | — | #796 | — |
| 1961 | 150 | — | #874 | — |
| 1960 | 172 | — | #781 | — |
| 1959 | 212 | — | #689 | — |
| 1958 | 173 | — | #758 | — |
| 1957 | 214 | — | #673 | — |
| 1956 | 252 | — | #600 | — |
| 1955 | 261 | — | #565 | — |
| 1954 | 282 | — | #528 | — |
| 1953 | 296 | — | #506 | — |
| 1952 | 241 | — | #557 | — |
| 1951 | 330 | — | #458 | — |
| 1950 | 315 | — | #457 | — |
| 1949 | 318 | — | #447 | — |
| 1948 | 371 | — | #411 | — |
| 1947 | 328 | — | #450 | — |
| 1946 | 286 | — | #463 | — |
| 1945 | 263 | — | #441 | — |
| 1944 | 316 | — | #400 | — |
| 1943 | 322 | — | #407 | — |
| 1942 | 276 | — | #439 | — |
| 1941 | 338 | — | #366 | — |
| 1940 | 297 | — | #392 | — |
| 1939 | 319 | — | #367 | — |
| 1938 | 332 | — | #355 | — |
| 1937 | 342 | — | #342 | — |
| 1936 | 357 | — | #334 | #3,060 |
| 1935 | 187 | — | #466 | — |
| 1934 | 74 | — | #785 | — |
| 1933 | 60 | — | #873 | — |
| 1932 | 57 | — | #938 | — |
| 1931 | 57 | — | #922 | — |
| 1930 | 69 | — | #863 | — |
| 1929 | 56 | — | #965 | — |
| 1928 | 60 | — | #964 | — |
| 1927 | 43 | — | #1,184 | — |
| 1926 | 39 | — | #1,255 | — |
| 1925 | 44 | — | #1,172 | — |
| 1924 | 37 | — | #1,343 | — |
| 1923 | 35 | — | #1,342 | — |
| 1922 | 25 | — | #1,710 | — |
| 1921 | 31 | — | #1,504 | — |
| 1920 | 24 | — | #1,733 | — |
| 1919 | 20 | — | #1,899 | — |
| 1918 | 16 | — | #2,259 | — |
| 1917 | 10 | — | #3,002 | — |
| 1916 | 12 | — | #2,601 | — |
| 1915 | 10 | — | #2,830 | — |
| 1914 | 7 | — | #3,070 | — |
| 1913 | 5 | — | #3,522 | — |