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.
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 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 230,664 of them was named Mervin, which outranked 13.1% 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).
Tied with 715 names at #4,725; 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 5,081 of them was named Mervin, which outranked 91.4% 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).