Marvel
#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · #5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
Given to girls 79.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1899 · 37 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,198since 1889
Marvel over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #6,546 | 17 | #5,045 | 19 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 2023 | #4,873 | 27 | #3,883 | 28 |
| 2022 | #4,582 | 30 | #3,691 | 30 |
| 2021 | #4,719 | 28 | #3,740 | 29 |
| 2020 | #3,676 | 40 | #4,275 | 23 |
| 2019 | #4,162 | 34 | #3,496 | 32 |
| 2018 | #4,662 | 29 | #5,106 | 18 |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 | #3,678 | 29 |
| 2016 | #6,186 | 20 | #4,776 | 20 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #4,768 | 29 | #4,138 | 24 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | #5,171 | 17 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #6,306 | 13 |
| 2011 | — | #6,256 | 13 | |
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,094 | 13 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,813 | 13 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,725 | 12 | |
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,613 | 13 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,469 | 19 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,020 | 15 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,114 | 14 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #2,865 | 22 |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,005 | 16 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,972 | 15 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | — | #3,357 | 12 | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | #2,621 | 13 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #1,581 | 45 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #1,774 | 35 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #1,671 | 35 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #1,713 | 33 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #1,611 | 35 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #1,524 | 37 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #1,489 | 38 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #1,461 | 40 | #2,115 | 13 |
| 1947 | #1,461 | 41 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #1,337 | 42 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,187 | 44 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #1,129 | 48 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #1,048 | 58 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #997 | 61 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #924 | 63 | — | |
| 1940 | #906 | 63 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #918 | 59 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #756 | 84 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #841 | 67 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #791 | 73 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #709 | 90 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #644 | 108 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #683 | 90 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #663 | 103 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #647 | 105 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #583 | 137 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #519 | 171 | #2,589 | 10 |
| 1928 | #695 | 101 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #615 | 134 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #602 | 138 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #710 | 108 | #1,870 | 18 |
| 1924 | #604 | 152 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1923 | #583 | 153 | #1,502 | 25 |
| 1922 | #644 | 130 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1921 | #632 | 136 | #2,502 | 12 |
| 1920 | #587 | 149 | #1,966 | 17 |
| 1919 | #619 | 128 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #585 | 150 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #605 | 127 | #1,396 | 25 |
| 1916 | #589 | 129 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #551 | 135 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #676 | 74 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | #645 | 64 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #620 | 63 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #659 | 43 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #593 | 49 | — | |
| 1909 | #587 | 43 | — | |
| 1908 | #546 | 46 | — | |
| 1907 | #580 | 40 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #528 | 43 | — | |
| 1905 | #664 | 28 | — | |
| 1904 | #586 | 33 | — | |
| 1903 | #607 | 29 | — | |
| 1902 | #559 | 34 | — | |
| 1901 | #513 | 35 | — | |
| 1900 | #519 | 42 | — | |
| 1899 | #480 | 37 | — | |
| 1898 | #527 | 35 | — | |
| 1897 | #615 | 25 | — | |
| 1896 | #594 | 27 | — | |
| 1895 | #703 | 20 | — | |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 | — | |
| 1893 | #662 | 19 | — | |
| 1892 | #706 | 17 | — | |
| 1891 | #695 | 15 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #902 | 9 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Marvel! It came in at #902, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Marvel
- 705 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #6,546)
- 2,870 spots since 2020 (#3,676 → #6,546)
- 1,462 spots since 2015 (#8,008 → #6,546)
- Biggest jump: 176 spots in 1929 (#695 → #519)
- Biggest drop: 188 spots in 1894 (#662 → #850)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1899 at #480 (37 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 59 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1891–1942
- Highest: 1 in 6,298 girls born in 1899 were named Marvel (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.4% of all girls named Marvel (1,372) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 9 | #902 (1889) | #902 |
| 1890s | 208 | #480 (1899) | #648 |
| 1900s | 373 | #513 (1901) | #569 |
| 1910s | 962 | #551 (1915) | #614 |
| 1920s | 1,372 | #519 (1929) | #619 |
| 1930s | 916 | #583 (1930) | #724 |
| 1940s | 498 | #906 (1940) | #1,194 |
| 1950s | 309 | #1,524 (1950) | #1,951 |
| 1960s | 141 | #2,780 (1963) | #3,632 |
| 1970s | 58 | #4,038 (1970) | #7,264 |
| 1980s | 19 | #8,318 (1985) | #9,318 |
| 1990s | 5 | #12,958 (1990) | #12,958 |
| 2000s | 5 | #17,504 (2008) | #17,504 |
| 2010s | 166 | #4,162 (2019) | #6,927 |
| 2020s | 157 | #3,676 (2020) | #5,275 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Marvel in 1939
Top girls' names in 1939
Top boys' names in 1939
More about 1939
girls
1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 18,587 of them was named Marvel, which outranked 81.5% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 158,122 of them was named Marvel, which outranked 28.7% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).