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
- Peak · boys
- 1920 · 249 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 12,322since 1880
Mervin over time
Rank among boys' names. Mervin has never cracked the top 300 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 | — | #2,363 | 58 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,393 | 58 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,290 | 61 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,919 | 43 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,732 | 46 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,323 | 58 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,993 | 40 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,796 | 43 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,493 | 51 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,387 | 54 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,486 | 50 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,542 | 48 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,668 | 44 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,270 | 57 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,663 | 45 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,144 | 62 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,168 | 62 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,265 | 58 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,416 | 53 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,037 | 65 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,265 | 52 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,238 | 51 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,031 | 56 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,249 | 46 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,841 | 60 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,015 | 50 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,932 | 50 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,558 | 68 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,580 | 64 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,958 | 45 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,801 | 48 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,689 | 53 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,358 | 71 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,328 | 72 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,336 | 71 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,370 | 66 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,537 | 53 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,427 | 54 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,272 | 59 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,255 | 59 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,452 | 46 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,190 | 59 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,296 | 51 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,264 | 54 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,084 | 70 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,378 | 47 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,206 | 57 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,240 | 52 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,127 | 59 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,267 | 48 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,065 | 61 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,052 | 61 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,136 | 52 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,024 | 62 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,026 | 63 | |
| 1970 | — | #869 | 86 | |
| 1969 | — | #851 | 81 | |
| 1968 | — | #893 | 65 | |
| 1967 | — | #782 | 87 | |
| 1966 | — | #845 | 74 | |
| 1965 | — | #777 | 90 | |
| 1964 | — | #792 | 90 | |
| 1963 | — | #738 | 110 | |
| 1962 | — | #750 | 103 | |
| 1961 | — | #726 | 112 | |
| 1960 | — | #742 | 108 | |
| 1959 | — | #766 | 99 | |
| 1958 | — | #718 | 107 | |
| 1957 | — | #699 | 119 | |
| 1956 | — | #705 | 110 | |
| 1955 | — | #705 | 108 | |
| 1954 | — | #716 | 102 | |
| 1953 | — | #644 | 122 | |
| 1952 | — | #703 | 99 | |
| 1951 | — | #627 | 126 | |
| 1950 | — | #565 | 143 | |
| 1949 | — | #615 | 122 | |
| 1948 | — | #585 | 130 | |
| 1947 | — | #586 | 134 | |
| 1946 | — | #534 | 145 | |
| 1945 | — | #592 | 105 | |
| 1944 | — | #477 | 160 | |
| 1943 | — | #487 | 160 | |
| 1942 | — | #457 | 182 | |
| 1941 | — | #448 | 173 | |
| 1940 | — | #471 | 150 | |
| 1939 | — | #450 | 163 | |
| 1938 | — | #438 | 172 | |
| 1937 | — | #407 | 192 | |
| 1936 | — | #391 | 196 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #381 | 203 |
| 1934 | — | #435 | 167 | |
| 1933 | — | #422 | 168 | |
| 1932 | — | #395 | 201 | |
| 1931 | — | #418 | 181 | |
| 1930 | — | #421 | 196 | |
| 1929 | — | #396 | 214 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #406 | 218 |
| 1927 | — | #403 | 221 | |
| 1926 | — | #392 | 228 | |
| 1925 | — | #425 | 199 | |
| 1924 | — | #421 | 211 | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #384 | 239 |
| 1922 | — | #406 | 221 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #413 | 216 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #377 | 249 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #402 | 210 |
| 1918 | — | #418 | 193 | |
| 1917 | — | #400 | 202 | |
| 1916 | — | #431 | 172 | |
| 1915 | — | #421 | 163 | |
| 1914 | — | #440 | 119 | |
| 1913 | — | #434 | 96 | |
| 1912 | — | #465 | 72 | |
| 1911 | — | #471 | 38 | |
| 1910 | — | #582 | 24 | |
| 1909 | — | #590 | 20 | |
| 1908 | — | #685 | 15 | |
| 1907 | — | #511 | 21 | |
| 1906 | — | #489 | 21 | |
| 1905 | — | #636 | 14 | |
| 1904 | — | #760 | 10 | |
| 1903 | — | #846 | 8 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #683 | 10 | |
| 1900 | — | #555 | 19 | |
| 1899 | — | #786 | 8 | |
| 1898 | — | #611 | 13 | |
| 1897 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1890 | — | #629 | 10 | |
| 1889 | — | #673 | 9 | |
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | #547 | 12 | |
| 1884 | — | #504 | 14 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
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.
Where Mervin is popular in 1912
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#163 · 1 in 1,018
- Ohio#266 · 1 in 2,996
- Illinois#327 · 1 in 4,478
- Pennsylvania#369 · 1 in 7,069
- New York#419 · 1 in 8,532
Best ever in a state: #109 in Iowa, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #163 | 8 | 1 in 1,018 |
| Ohio | #266 | 6 | 1 in 2,996 |
| Illinois | #327 | 5 | 1 in 4,478 |
| Pennsylvania | #369 | 5 | 1 in 7,069 |
| New York | #419 | 5 | 1 in 8,532 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Mervin
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1920 at #377 (249 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1895–1970
- 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%)
- 18.0% of all boys named Mervin (2,216) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 87 | #504 (1884) | #682 |
| 1890s | 94 | #556 (1895) | #675 |
| 1900s | 149 | #489 (1906) | #644 |
| 1910s | 1,289 | #400 (1917) | #446 |
| 1920s | 2,216 | #377 (1920) | #402 |
| 1930s | 1,839 | #381 (1935) | #416 |
| 1940s | 1,461 | #448 (1941) | #525 |
| 1950s | 1,135 | #565 (1950) | #685 |
| 1960s | 920 | #726 (1961) | #790 |
| 1970s | 601 | #869 (1970) | #1,101 |
| 1980s | 552 | #1,084 (1981) | #1,316 |
| 1990s | 608 | #1,328 (1992) | #1,591 |
| 2000s | 553 | #1,841 (2001) | #2,153 |
| 2010s | 494 | #2,144 (2010) | #2,544 |
| 2020s | 324 | #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 1912
Top boys' names in 1912
More about 1912
boys
429,942 boys got a published name in 1912; 1 in 5,971 of them was named Mervin, which outranked 84.0% of the 2,905 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).