Malvin
Last seen for girls in 1928 at #4,195 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1913 · 40 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,673since 1886
Malvin over time
Rank among boys' names. Malvin has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,889 | 8 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,289 | 17 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,923 | 14 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #5,945 | 14 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,139 | 9 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,236 | 11 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,019 | 8 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,843 | 8 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,167 | 13 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,891 | 17 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,701 | 11 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,221 | 13 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,838 | 10 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,669 | 16 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,203 | 12 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,095 | 12 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,902 | 13 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,277 | 18 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,606 | 14 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,534 | 14 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,784 | 25 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,847 | 23 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,130 | 16 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,853 | 18 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,963 | 16 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,720 | 21 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,700 | 22 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,839 | 19 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,625 | 24 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,948 | 18 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,973 | 17 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,033 | 16 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,766 | 20 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,511 | 27 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,608 | 24 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,458 | 28 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,292 | 34 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,231 | 37 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,323 | 32 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,332 | 31 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,203 | 36 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,462 | 25 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,194 | 36 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,064 | 46 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,124 | 38 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,249 | 28 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,282 | 27 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,120 | 37 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,193 | 34 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,091 | 36 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,334 | 25 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,120 | 33 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,149 | 32 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,233 | 29 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,205 | 30 | |
| 1935 | — | #915 | 48 | |
| 1934 | — | #909 | 48 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,159 | 32 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,090 | 38 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,015 | 43 | |
| 1930 | — | #841 | 60 | |
| 1929 | — | #975 | 48 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #927 | 53 |
| 1927 | — | #892 | 58 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,108 | 41 | |
| 1925 | — | #900 | 56 | |
| 1924 | — | #872 | 62 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,128 | 40 | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #905 | 59 |
| 1921 | — | #834 | 68 | |
| 1920 | — | #865 | 62 | |
| 1919 | — | #949 | 50 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,094 | 39 | |
| 1917 | — | #964 | 45 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,013 | 40 | |
| 1915 | — | #879 | 49 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,073 | 28 | |
| 1913 | — | #734 | 40 | |
| 1912 | — | #970 | 22 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Malvin! It came in at #845, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1900, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Malvin
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 256 spots in 1924 (#1,128 → #872)
- Biggest drop: 339 spots in 1914 (#734 → #1,073)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1913 at #734 (40 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 45 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1919–1922
- Highest: 1 in 12,814 boys born in 1913 were named Malvin (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 285,096 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 20.5% of all boys named Malvin (547) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #845 (1886) | #845 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 38 | #852 (1906) | #1,090 |
| 1910s | 333 | #734 (1913) | #985 |
| 1920s | 547 | #834 (1921) | #941 |
| 1930s | 393 | #841 (1930) | #1,064 |
| 1940s | 332 | #1,064 (1947) | #1,211 |
| 1950s | 285 | #1,203 (1950) | #1,476 |
| 1960s | 180 | #1,625 (1962) | #1,966 |
| 1970s | 155 | #1,784 (1971) | #2,732 |
| 1980s | 97 | #2,891 (1986) | #4,490 |
| 1990s | 88 | #4,167 (1990) | #6,240 |
| 2000s | 95 | #5,920 (2000) | #7,417 |
| 2010s | 98 | #5,289 (2015) | #7,432 |
| 2020s | 26 | #8,739 (2020) | #10,382 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Malvin in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 19,430 of them was named Malvin, which outranked 81.4% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).