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 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
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).
- #3,743Zenola7
- #3,743Zenora7
- #3,743Zoa7
- #4,195Malvin6
- #4,195Ader6
- #4,195Adina6
- #4,195Agusta6
- #4,725Adamae5
- #4,725Adelma5
- #4,725Adlena5
Tied with 529 names at #4,195; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
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).