Malvin

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Malvin: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Malvin: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 21 years, its highest recorded position is #193, and it stood at #227 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
52times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#193highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Malvin's record

Absent from every published list for 21 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2005–2018

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3208
2009	#4527
2010	#2629
2011	#3830
2015	#4747
2018	#3959

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 46 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

In 2018: #316 among boys in Norway, #3959 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #232 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #193 among boys in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #227 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Malvin appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 46 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 451 births with the name.

Malvin across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Malvin's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#232 (1945)	#193 (1946)	#227 (2025)	46 of 81	451 (1945–2025)	21 (2023)
England and Wales · Boys	#3208 (2005)	#2629 (2010)	#3959 (2018)	6 of 14	25 (2005–2018)	7 (2010)

Malvin by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Malvin in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	71	5 of 10	14
1950s	95	10 of 10	10
1960s	39	5 of 10	8
1970s	15	3 of 10	5
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000s	24	5 of 10	5
2010s	96	10 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	102	6 of 10	17

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Malvin appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #193 in Norway in 1946.

Malvin's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#227	19	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#275	15	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#222	21	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#262	15	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#219	20	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#288	12	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#251	18	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#316	12	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#326	12	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#464	6	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#471	6	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#332	13	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#390	9	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#413	8	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#556	4	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#520	5	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#520	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#521	5	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#551	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#513	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#564	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#529	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#625	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#551	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#528	6	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#438	7	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#459	6	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#341	9	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#368	7	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#309	10	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#334	8	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#253	13	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#276	11	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#372	6	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#286	9	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#334	7	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#285	9	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#220	14	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#282	9	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#284	9	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#249	11	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#225	14	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#235	13	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#193	20	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#232	13	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 47 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #193, first reached in 1946.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in Norway in 2023.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 21 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 60 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Malo · #2055, 13y
Malone · #2160, 10y
Malwina · #593, 16y
Mamadou · #1655, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Marlen · #193, 47y
Kerstin · #198, 43y
Dora · #202, 43y
Brona · #203, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Elfrid · #193, 18y
Frans · #193, 26y
Fanny · #194, 48y
Lilian · #194, 68y

Malvin was ranked #193 in Norway · Boys in 1946. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Malvin and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Malvin without appearing here.

Malvin moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4747 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #4749.
Isak Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4747 and #3908 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #4749.
Trond Compare
In 2018 they stood at #412 and #401 in Norway · Boys; by 2019 that had become #251 and #484.
Roger Compare
In 2012 they stood at #521 and #491 in Norway · Boys; by 2013 that had become #332 and #514.

Moved ahead of Malvin

Gustav Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3208 and #3849 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #4527 and #3227.
Sander Compare
In 1995 they stood at #625 and #633 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #529 and #34.
Filip Compare
In 1995 they stood at #341 and #489 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #529 and #139.
Theodor Compare
In 1995 they stood at #225 and #363 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #529 and #263.

Moved the same way as Malvin

Stein Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Malvin went from #232 to #464 and Stein from #42 to #503.
Roger Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Malvin went from #232 to #332 and Roger from #86 to #514.
Ronny Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Malvin went from #232 to #413 and Ronny from #250 to #515.
Glenn Compare
Between 1948 and 2012 in Norway · Boys, Malvin went from #225 to #390 and Glenn from #329 to #545.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #193 in Norway in 1946. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Malvin

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What stands out in Malvin's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Malvin across 2 official records

Malvin by decade in Norway · Boys

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