Mervin

Last seen for girls in 1935 at #4,204 · #2,363 for boys in 2025, 58 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#377
1920 · 249 births
Debut · boys
1880
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
12,322
since 1880

Mervin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Mervin has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #377, 1920boys
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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—#2,36358
2024—#2,39358
2023—#2,29061
2022—#2,91943
2021—#2,73246
2020—#2,32358
2019—#2,99340
2018—#2,79643
2017—#2,49351
2016—#2,38754
2015—#2,48650
2014—#2,54248
2013—#2,66844
2012—#2,27057
2011—#2,66345
2010—#2,14462
2009—#2,16862
2008—#2,26558
2007—#2,41653
2006—#2,03765
2005—#2,26552
2004—#2,23851
2003—#2,03156
2002—#2,24946
2001—#1,84160
2000—#2,01550
1999—#1,93250
1998—#1,55868
1997—#1,58064
1996—#1,95845
1995—#1,80148
1994—#1,68953
1993—#1,35871
1992—#1,32872
1991—#1,33671
1990—#1,37066
1989—#1,53753
1988—#1,42754
1987—#1,27259
1986—#1,25559
1985—#1,45246
1984—#1,19059
1983—#1,29651
1982—#1,26454
1981—#1,08470
1980—#1,37847
1979—#1,20657
1978—#1,24052
1977—#1,12759
1976—#1,26748
1975—#1,06561
1974—#1,05261
1973—#1,13652
1972—#1,02462
1971—#1,02663
1970—#86986
1969—#85181
1968—#89365
1967—#78287
1966—#84574
1965—#77790
1964—#79290
1963—#738110
1962—#750103
1961—#726112
1960—#742108
1959—#76699
1958—#718107
1957—#699119
1956—#705110
1955—#705108
1954—#716102
1953—#644122
1952—#70399
1951—#627126
1950—#565143
1949—#615122
1948—#585130
1947—#586134
1946—#534145
1945—#592105
1944—#477160
1943—#487160
1942—#457182
1941—#448173
1940—#471150
1939—#450163
1938—#438172
1937—#407192
1936—#391196
1935#4,2045#381203
1934—#435167
1933—#422168
1932—#395201
1931—#418181
1930—#421196
1929—#396214
1928#4,7255#406218
1927—#403221
1926—#392228
1925—#425199
1924—#421211
1923#4,3766#384239
1922—#406221
1921#4,4646#413216
1920#3,5988#377249
1919#3,4528#402210
1918—#418193
1917—#400202
1916—#431172
1915—#421163
1914—#440119
1913—#43496
1912—#46572
1911—#47138
1910—#58224
1909—#59020
1908—#68515
1907—#51121
1906—#48921
1905—#63614
1904—#76010
1903—#8468
1902—#68711
1901—#68310
1900—#55519
1899—#7868
1898—#61113
1897—#55614
1896—#9007
1895—#55614
1894——
1893—#65010
1892—#68810
1891—#7008
1890—#62910
1889—#6739
1888—#7558
1887—#6319
1886—#6948
1885—#54712
1884—#50414
1883—#7207
1882—#8376
1881—#6538
1880—#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mervin was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1894, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Mervin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 30 spots since 2024 (#2,393 → #2,363)
  • 40 spots since 2020 (#2,323 → #2,363)
  • 123 spots since 2015 (#2,486 → #2,363)
  • Biggest jump: 344 spots in 1897 (#900 → #556)
  • Biggest drop: 344 spots in 1896 (#556 → #900)
Rise & fade · boys
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1920 at #377 (249 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 90 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1895–1970
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,275
  • Highest: 1 in 4,275 boys born in 1920 were named Mervin (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 29,450 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 18.0% of all boys named Mervin (2,216) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s87#504 (1884)#682
1890s94#556 (1895)#675
1900s149#489 (1906)#644
1910s1,289#400 (1917)#446
1920s2,216#377 (1920)#402
1930s1,839#381 (1935)#416
1940s1,461#448 (1941)#525
1950s1,135#565 (1950)#685
1960s920#726 (1961)#790
1970s601#869 (1970)#1,101
1980s552#1,084 (1981)#1,316
1990s608#1,328 (1992)#1,591
2000s553#1,841 (2001)#2,153
2010s494#2,144 (2010)#2,544
2020s324#2,290 (2023)#2,503

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.

Mervin in 1892

boys
#688
10 births · 1 in 12,204 boys

Top boys' names in 1892

  1. #1John9,039
  2. #2William7,782
  3. #3James5,398
  4. #4George4,760
  5. #5Charles4,319
  6. #6Frank3,150
  7. #7Joseph3,064
  8. #8Robert2,710
  9. #9Harry2,460
  10. #10Henry2,452
  11. #688Mervin10
More about 1892

boys

122,035 boys got a published name in 1892; 1 in 12,204 of them was named Mervin, which outranked 45.4% of the 1,260 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mervin
  1. #641Tillman11
  2. #641Wilburn11
  3. #641Wyatt11
  4. #688Mervin10
  5. #688Alf10
  6. #688Alfonso10
  7. #688Alpha10
  8. #748Alden9
  9. #748Alphonso9
  10. #748Alphonsus9

Tied with 59 names at #688; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. ↑ 559Pierce#963 → #404
  2. ↑ 505Milford#963 → #458
  3. ↑ 466Rose#963 → #497
  4. ↑ 466Omar#963 → #497
  5. ↑ 396Shelby#841 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Maude#524 → #1,066
  2. ↓ 502Bernice#564 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 502Wilton#564 → #1,066
  4. ↓ 480Wellington#476 → #956
  5. ↓ 469Jule#597 → #1,066

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

See the top 100 for 1892 →