Mervyn
Last seen for girls in 1916 at #4,417 · Last seen for boys in 2016 at #12,185
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1937 · 55 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,581since 1905
Mervyn over time
Rank among boys' names. Mervyn has never cracked the top 800 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
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| 2020 | — | — | ||
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| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
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| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #6,843 | 8 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
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| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #5,452 | 10 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | #4,114 | 14 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,318 | 10 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | #2,819 | 12 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,686 | 13 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,470 | 11 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,957 | 17 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,375 | 12 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,168 | 14 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,558 | 10 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,316 | 12 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,186 | 13 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,514 | 10 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,055 | 14 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,879 | 16 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,616 | 21 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,027 | 14 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,169 | 13 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,509 | 22 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,536 | 19 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,370 | 24 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,170 | 34 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,214 | 33 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,333 | 25 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,031 | 39 | |
| 1939 | — | #992 | 41 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,076 | 36 | |
| 1937 | — | #824 | 55 | |
| 1936 | — | #844 | 52 | |
| 1935 | — | #850 | 54 | |
| 1934 | — | #909 | 48 | |
| 1933 | — | #905 | 47 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,077 | 39 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,217 | 32 | |
| 1930 | — | #990 | 47 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,173 | 35 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,413 | 27 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,603 | 23 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,331 | 30 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,201 | 35 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,414 | 28 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,589 | 23 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,644 | 22 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,199 | 36 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,208 | 36 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,063 | 15 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,499 | 24 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,437 | 24 | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #1,594 | 20 |
| 1915 | — | #1,217 | 29 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,687 | 14 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,146 | 20 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,417 | 12 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
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| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Mervyn! It came in at #1,233, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1910, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Mervyn is popular in 1935
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#305 · 1 in 3,335
- Illinois#381 · 1 in 7,420
- New York#496 · 1 in 14,001
Best ever in a state: #221 in California, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #305 | 11 | 1 in 3,335 |
| Illinois | #381 | 7 | 1 in 7,420 |
| New York | #496 | 6 | 1 in 14,001 |
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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 Mervyn
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Biggest jump: 183 spots in 1930 (#1,173 → #990)
- Biggest drop: 252 spots in 1938 (#824 → #1,076)
- Debuted 1905
- Peaked 1937 at #824 (55 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1933–1937
- Highest: 1 in 19,284 boys born in 1935 were named Mervyn (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 379,548 boys born in 2016 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #824 in 1937, was only 1 in 19,394 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.5% of all boys named Mervyn (451) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,233 (1905) | #1,233 |
| 1910s | 165 | #1,146 (1913) | #1,494 |
| 1920s | 295 | #1,173 (1929) | #1,378 |
| 1930s | 451 | #824 (1937) | #968 |
| 1940s | 244 | #1,031 (1940) | #1,498 |
| 1950s | 122 | #1,879 (1950) | #2,335 |
| 1960s | 105 | #1,957 (1963) | #2,524 |
| 1970s | 67 | #2,686 (1971) | #4,076 |
| 1980s | 58 | #3,030 (1981) | #4,744 |
| 1990s | 51 | #4,114 (1992) | #5,398 |
| 2000s | 13 | #8,456 (2002) | #8,850 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,185 (2016) | #12,185 |
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.
Mervyn in 1935
Top boys' names in 1935
More about 1935
boys
1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 19,284 of them was named Mervyn, which outranked 79.5% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).