Marvella
Marvella is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 21 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 210.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 192735 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1910
- 1,526people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,526 girls have been named Marvella in the United States since 1910, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 35 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1957, and the 1920s alone account for 14%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Marvella | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 62 | |
| 1920s | 214 | |
| 1930s | 183 | |
| 1940s | 185 | |
| 1950s | 156 | |
| 1960s | 180 | |
| 1970s | 119 | |
| 1980s | 79 | |
| 1990s | 63 | |
| 2000s | 90 | |
| 2010s | 105 | |
| 2020s | 90 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Marvella was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1927 were Mary, Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1927.
Names that rose and fell with Marvella
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ofeliapeak 1929
- Roslynpeak 1956
- Veliapeak 1929
- Ninfapeak 1928
- Elaynepeak 1946
- Romeliapeak 1954
- Amparopeak 1927
- Maryalicepeak 1947
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.