Marvin is a very popular boys' name that peaked in 1928 and has since faded.
Marvin is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #699 for boy births in the United States (and #1,413 across all names), given to 385 babies. Marvin first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1928 (4,452 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 385 | 385 | — | #699 |
| 2024 | 409 | 409 | — | #672 |
| 2023 | 433 | 433 | — | #637 |
| 2022 | 457 | 457 | — | #612 |
| 2021 | 450 | 450 | — | #619 |
| 2020 | 451 | 451 | — | #607 |
| 2019 | 482 | 482 | #17,141 | #584 |
| 2018 | 482 | 482 | — | #574 |
| 2017 | 487 | 487 | — | #560 |
| 2016 | 534 | 534 | — | #542 |
| 2015 | 522 | 522 | — | #548 |
| 2014 | 572 | 572 | — | #493 |
| 2013 | 550 | 550 | — | #498 |
| 2012 | 581 | 581 | — | #471 |
| 2011 | 578 | 578 | — | #465 |
| 2010 | 636 | 636 | — | #431 |
| 2009 | 711 | 711 | — | #415 |
| 2008 | 827 | 827 | — | #372 |
| 2007 | 887 | 894 | — | #356 |
| 2006 | 897 | 903 | — | #344 |
| 2005 | 810 | 821 | — | #365 |
| 2004 | 808 | 813 | #17,848 | #352 |
| 2003 | 870 | 876 | — | #333 |
| 2002 | 802 | 802 | — | #341 |
| 2001 | 809 | 827 | — | #341 |
| 2000 | 815 | 825 | — | #336 |
| 1999 | 765 | 773 | — | #348 |
| 1998 | 840 | 851 | — | #323 |
| 1997 | 858 | — | — | #311 |
| 1996 | 871 | — | — | #303 |
| 1995 | 843 | — | — | #314 |
| 1994 | 984 | — | #12,811 | #278 |
| 1993 | 1,090 | — | #9,232 | #267 |
| 1992 | 1,180 | — | #14,670 | #244 |
| 1991 | 1,198 | — | #14,539 | #237 |
| 1990 | 1,223 | — | #10,941 | #237 |
| 1989 | 1,197 | — | #13,731 | #227 |
| 1988 | 1,167 | — | #5,495 | #221 |
| 1987 | 1,096 | — | #4,602 | #221 |
| 1986 | 1,147 | — | #7,505 | #212 |
| 1985 | 1,157 | — | #5,001 | #212 |
| 1984 | 1,112 | — | #5,748 | #210 |
| 1983 | 1,183 | — | #6,059 | #202 |
| 1982 | 1,144 | — | #7,253 | #214 |
| 1981 | 1,189 | — | #4,652 | #211 |
| 1980 | 1,235 | — | #6,169 | #199 |
| 1979 | 1,259 | — | #4,992 | #196 |
| 1978 | 1,215 | — | #4,589 | #196 |
| 1977 | 1,191 | — | #3,858 | #196 |
| 1976 | 1,270 | — | #3,898 | #181 |
| 1975 | 1,324 | — | #4,280 | #177 |
| 1974 | 1,506 | — | #3,385 | #163 |
| 1973 | 1,526 | — | #3,303 | #162 |
| 1972 | 1,616 | — | #3,020 | #163 |
| 1971 | 1,958 | — | #2,702 | #152 |
| 1970 | 2,045 | — | #5,662 | #153 |
| 1969 | 2,214 | — | #3,410 | #139 |
| 1968 | 2,283 | — | #2,340 | #129 |
| 1967 | 2,451 | — | #2,473 | #124 |
| 1966 | 2,753 | — | #3,003 | #113 |
| 1965 | 2,990 | — | #2,722 | #109 |
| 1964 | 3,008 | — | #2,232 | #119 |
| 1963 | 2,999 | — | #2,464 | #120 |
| 1962 | 3,151 | — | #2,997 | #118 |
| 1961 | 3,206 | — | #2,721 | #120 |
| 1960 | 3,295 | — | #3,064 | #119 |
| 1959 | 3,177 | — | #4,207 | #123 |
| 1958 | 3,323 | — | #2,552 | #119 |
| 1957 | 3,423 | — | #3,107 | #112 |
| 1956 | 3,503 | — | #2,589 | #105 |
| 1955 | 3,675 | — | #2,912 | #94 |
| 1954 | 3,513 | — | #2,972 | #97 |
| 1953 | 3,587 | — | #2,216 | #94 |
| 1952 | 3,588 | — | #3,140 | #95 |
| 1951 | 3,572 | — | #2,769 | #96 |
| 1950 | 3,508 | — | #2,739 | #93 |
| 1949 | 3,744 | — | #2,315 | #89 |
| 1948 | 3,646 | — | #2,163 | #90 |
| 1947 | 3,792 | — | #2,327 | #89 |
| 1946 | 3,618 | — | #2,284 | #88 |
| 1945 | 3,311 | — | #2,122 | #80 |
| 1944 | 3,594 | — | #1,688 | #75 |
| 1943 | 3,960 | — | #1,928 | #66 |
| 1942 | 3,810 | — | #2,091 | #66 |
| 1941 | 3,645 | — | #1,932 | #63 |
| 1940 | 3,523 | — | #1,775 | #63 |
| 1939 | 3,779 | — | #1,710 | #52 |
| 1938 | 3,914 | — | #2,297 | #53 |
| 1937 | 3,929 | — | #2,063 | #49 |
| 1936 | 3,954 | — | #1,848 | #49 |
| 1935 | 4,301 | — | #1,591 | #45 |
| 1934 | 4,237 | — | #1,748 | #44 |
| 1933 | 4,161 | — | #1,348 | #44 |
| 1932 | 4,220 | — | #1,287 | #46 |
| 1931 | 4,390 | — | #1,363 | #45 |
| 1930 | 4,439 | — | #1,283 | #48 |
| 1929 | 4,433 | — | #1,118 | #46 |
| 1928 | 4,484 | — | #1,385 | #46 |
| 1927 | 4,434 | — | #1,322 | #47 |
| 1926 | 4,144 | — | #1,405 | #50 |
| 1925 | 4,118 | — | #1,681 | #51 |
| 1924 | 4,064 | — | #1,273 | #50 |
| 1923 | 3,836 | — | #1,657 | #51 |
| 1922 | 3,604 | — | #1,761 | #56 |
| 1921 | 3,513 | — | #1,846 | #59 |
| 1920 | 3,268 | — | #1,734 | #62 |
| 1919 | 3,011 | — | #2,459 | #63 |
| 1918 | 2,851 | — | #1,787 | #68 |
| 1917 | 2,533 | — | #2,163 | #68 |
| 1916 | 2,541 | — | #2,602 | #66 |
| 1915 | 2,242 | — | #2,106 | #72 |
| 1914 | 1,637 | — | #2,373 | #75 |
| 1913 | 1,246 | — | #2,118 | #77 |
| 1912 | 963 | — | #3,275 | #83 |
| 1911 | 496 | — | #1,894 | #82 |
| 1910 | 421 | — | #1,880 | #84 |
| 1909 | 361 | — | #1,897 | #85 |
| 1908 | 318 | — | #1,785 | #87 |
| 1907 | 304 | — | — | #87 |
| 1906 | 245 | — | — | #94 |
| 1905 | 220 | — | #2,131 | #100 |
| 1904 | 203 | — | — | #104 |
| 1903 | 185 | — | — | #106 |
| 1902 | 192 | — | #1,726 | #105 |
| 1901 | 145 | — | — | #117 |
| 1900 | 176 | — | — | #130 |
| 1899 | 138 | — | — | #121 |
| 1898 | 127 | — | — | #141 |
| 1897 | 134 | — | — | #122 |
| 1896 | 93 | — | — | #175 |
| 1895 | 107 | — | — | #144 |
| 1894 | 92 | — | — | #168 |
| 1893 | 102 | — | — | #148 |
| 1892 | 88 | — | — | #180 |
| 1891 | 93 | — | — | #143 |
| 1890 | 99 | — | — | #143 |
| 1889 | 77 | — | — | #175 |
| 1888 | 90 | — | — | #167 |
| 1887 | 70 | — | — | #181 |
| 1886 | 90 | — | — | #155 |
| 1885 | 65 | — | — | #197 |
| 1884 | 73 | — | — | #190 |
| 1883 | 71 | — | — | #174 |
| 1882 | 64 | — | — | #201 |
| 1881 | 57 | — | — | #200 |
| 1880 | 69 | — | — | #184 |