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

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Peak · boys
1913 · 40 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,673
since 1886

Malvin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Malvin has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #734, 1913boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023#10,8216
2022#9,8237
2021#12,1465
2020#8,7398
2019#8,8898
2018#8,1549
2017#8,8408
2016#8,1469
2015#5,28917
2014#7,56210
2013#5,92314
2012
2011#5,94514
2010#8,1399
2009#7,23611
2008#9,0198
2007#7,59010
2006#6,46012
2005#7,09610
2004#8,1438
2003#8,6437
2002#6,52210
2001#7,5368
2000#5,92011
1999#8,7046
1998#6,8438
1997#6,6188
1996#7,1367
1995#6,9927
1994#4,53713
1993#6,2288
1992#5,23610
1991#5,9428
1990#4,16713
1989#5,6158
1988#7,2705
1987#4,5739
1986#2,89117
1985#4,6988
1984#3,70111
1983#4,4998
1982#4,5938
1981#3,22113
1980#3,83810
1979#4,4038
1978#2,66916
1977#3,20312
1976#3,09512
1975#2,90213
1974#2,27718
1973#2,60614
1972#2,53414
1971#1,78425
1970#1,84723
1969#2,13016
1968#2,9079
1967#1,85318
1966#1,96316
1965#1,72021
1964#1,70022
1963#1,83919
1962#1,62524
1961#1,94818
1960#1,97317
1959#2,03316
1958#1,76620
1957#1,51127
1956#1,60824
1955#1,45828
1954#1,29234
1953#1,23137
1952#1,32332
1951#1,33231
1950#1,20336
1949#1,46225
1948#1,19436
1947#1,06446
1946#1,12438
1945#1,24928
1944#1,28227
1943#1,12037
1942#1,19334
1941#1,09136
1940#1,33425
1939#1,12033
1938#1,14932
1937#1,23329
1936#1,20530
1935#91548
1934#90948
1933#1,15932
1932#1,09038
1931#1,01543
1930#84160
1929#97548
1928#4,1956#92753
1927#89258
1926#1,10841
1925#90056
1924#87262
1923#1,12840
1922#4,4456#90559
1921#83468
1920#86562
1919#94950
1918#1,09439
1917#96445
1916#1,01340
1915#87949
1914#1,07328
1913#73440
1912#97022
1911#1,1909
1910#98111
1909#1,1557
1908#1,3735
1907
1906#8529
1905
1904#1,2055
1903
1902#1,0136
1901#9436
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886#8456
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1886

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.

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Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1913 at #734 (40 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 45 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1919–1922
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,814
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.5% of all boys named Malvin (547) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#845 (1886)#845
1890s0
1900s38#852 (1906)#1,090
1910s333#734 (1913)#985
1920s547#834 (1921)#941
1930s393#841 (1930)#1,064
1940s332#1,064 (1947)#1,211
1950s285#1,203 (1950)#1,476
1960s180#1,625 (1962)#1,966
1970s155#1,784 (1971)#2,732
1980s97#2,891 (1986)#4,490
1990s88#4,167 (1990)#6,240
2000s95#5,920 (2000)#7,417
2010s98#5,289 (2015)#7,432
2020s26#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 1928

girls
#4,195
6 births · 1 in 192,220 girls
boys
#927
53 births · 1 in 20,898 boys

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #4,195Malvin6

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #927Malvin53
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 192,220 of them was named Malvin, which outranked 22.9% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Malvin
  1. #3,743Zenola7
  2. #3,743Zenora7
  3. #3,743Zoa7
  4. #4,195Malvin6
  5. #4,195Ader6
  6. #4,195Adina6
  7. #4,195Agusta6
  8. #4,725Adamae5
  9. #4,725Adelma5
  10. #4,725Adlena5

Tied with 529 names at #4,195; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 2,165Jeanine#3,053#888
  2. 1,368Joline#2,256#888
  3. 1,101Lorelei#2,095#994
  4. 1,063Jeannine#1,384#321
  5. 859Romona#1,456#597
Fallers
  1. 860Valencia#924#1,784
  2. 547Kazuko#955#1,502
  3. 386Matilde#924#1,310
  4. 368Glendora#747#1,115
  5. 366Hilma#924#1,290

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 20,898 of them was named Malvin, which outranked 80.4% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Malvin
  1. #913Robin54
  2. #913Ruby54
  3. #913Smith54
  4. #927Malvin53
  5. #927Adolphus53
  6. #927Berton53
  7. #927Hilario53
  8. #938Alois52
  9. #938Colin52
  10. #938Ewell52

Tied with 10 names at #927; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 1,009Fidencio#1,959#950
  2. 766Hoover#1,128#362
  3. 700Reyes#1,692#992
  4. 441Arlen#1,227#786
  5. 392Arland#1,372#980
Fallers
  1. 2,975Shoji#722#3,697
  2. 529Alvan#951#1,480
  3. 418Watson#964#1,382
  4. 412Judge#911#1,323
  5. 363Donato#990#1,353

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1928