Marvellous

maleStatistical record

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

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

Marvellous: Recorded since 2002, its highest recorded position is #500, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#500highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2010–2016

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2010	#4688
2011	#3185
2013	#3536
2014	#5691
2015	#5730
2016	#5785

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 11 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

In 2008: #601 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3158 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #3225 among boys in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2003–2008
Highest recorded position: #500 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 2003–2008).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Marvellous appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 11 years beginning in 2002, and has registered 47 births with the name.

Marvellous across 3 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.

Marvellous'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
England and Wales · Boys	#3225 (2002)	#1819 (2014)	#5119 (2024)	11 of 23	47 (2002–2024)	12 (2014)
England and Wales · Girls	#4688 (2010)	#3185 (2011)	#5785 (2016)	6 of 7	26 (2010–2016)	7 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#500 (2003)	#500 (2003)	#601 (2008)	2 of 6	7 (2003–2008)	4 (2008)

Marvellous by decade in England and Wales · 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 Marvellous in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	11	3 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	30	6 of 10	5
2020s	6	2 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Marvellous 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 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #500 in Republic of Ireland in 2003.

Marvellous'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2002 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #500, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 1 year 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
1 yearyears between the first and last registrar to record itWithin 2 years →
1registrars publishing it in more than one category listIn one registrar's lists →
12births registered in its largest year, 2014Under 25 births →

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.

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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.

Ayobami · #500, 18y
Ayoola · #500, 13y
Blazej · #500, 12y
Chukwuebuka · #500, 19y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Ata · #500, 23y
Avram · #500, 20y
Blazej · #500, 12y
Chukwuebuka · #500, 19y

Marvellous was ranked #500 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2003. 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.

Marvellous 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 Marvellous without appearing here.

Marvellous moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4805 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1819 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Marvellous

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #1398.
Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1819 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #2556.

Moved the opposite way to Marvellous

Albie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marvellous went from #3225 to #5119 while Albie went from #722 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marvellous went from #3225 to #5119 while Alfie went from #49 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marvellous went from #3225 to #5119 while Alfred went from #142 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marvellous went from #3225 to #5119 while Archie went from #55 to #10.

Moved the same way as Marvellous

Aaron Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marvellous went from #3225 to #5119 and Aaron from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marvellous went from #3225 to #5119 and Adam from #17 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marvellous went from #3225 to #5119 and Alan from #239 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marvellous went from #3225 to #5119 and Alex from #42 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #500 in Republic of Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Marvellous across 3 official records

Marvellous by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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