Marvin

maleStatistical record

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

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

Marvin: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #258, and it stood at #408 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
80times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#258highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#853
1997	#914
1998	#689
1999	#869
2000	#817
2001	#842
2002	#869
2003	#761
2004	#815
2005	#1135
2006	#764
2007	#1014
2008	#1343
2009	#868
2010	#744
2011	#1087
2012	#1367
2013	#1063
2014	#1144
2015	#1095
2016	#1081
2017	#1546
2018	#1097
2019	#1152
2020	#1150
2021	#1250
2022	#1534
2023	#2160
2024	#1517

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 43 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

In 2024: #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1517 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #258 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: #258 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #408 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Marvin appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 43 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 246 births with the name.

Marvin 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.

Marvin'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	#258 (1945)	#258 (1945)	#408 (2025)	43 of 81	246 (1945–2025)	10 (1945)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#316 (1976)	#316 (1976)	#785 (2024)	8 of 49	26 (1976–2024)	4 (2004)
England and Wales · Boys	#853 (1996)	#689 (1998)	#1517 (2024)	29 of 29	644 (1996–2024)	40 (2010)

Marvin 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 Marvin in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	24	3 of 10	8
1950s	36	6 of 10	6
1960s	25	5 of 10	5
1970s	6	1 of 10	6
1980s	14	3 of 10	5
1990s	26	6 of 10	4
2000s	24	5 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	60	9 of 10	7
2020s	31	5 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Marvin 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 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #258 in Norway in 1945.

Marvin'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	#1517	17	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1250	21	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1150	23	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1097	25	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1546	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1081	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1095	25	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1144	23	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1063	25	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1367	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1087	24	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#744	40	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#868	32	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1343	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1014	24	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#764	33	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1135	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#815	26	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#761	27	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#869	20	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#842	20	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#817	20	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#869	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#689	24	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#914	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#853	17	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#408	7	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#433	6	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#424	6	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#404	6	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#408	6	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#384	8	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#399	8	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#459	6	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#530	4	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#502	5	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#505	5	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#420	8	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#440	7	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#391	9	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#563	4	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#513	5	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#543	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#515	5	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#447	6	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#578	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#526	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#542	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#616	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#612	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#636	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#636	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#552	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#650	4	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#526	6	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#441	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#529	4	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#438	6	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#497	4	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#480	4	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#434	5	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#435	4	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#362	6	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#301	8	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#366	5	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#293	8	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#329	6	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#304	8	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#258	10	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 3 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 54 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #258, first reached in 1945.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 40 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 17 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1976, and 51 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.

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Marwaan · #3412, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Mary-Ann · #260, 49y
Alexandru · #253, 49y
Angelika · #253, 55y
Trudy · #263, 50y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Hulda · #258, 16y
Osvald · #258, 17y
Gunda · #257, 10y
Irena · #256, 58y

Marvin was ranked #258 in Norway · Boys in 1945. 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.

Marvin 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 Marvin without appearing here.

Marvin moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1517 and #5119.
Ross Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1517 and #3254.
Grant Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1367 and #1313 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1063 and #2055.
Craig Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1546 and #1124 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1097 and #1786.

Moved ahead of Marvin

Harper Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #1207.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1250 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1534 and #967.
Filip Compare
In 2004 they stood at #815 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1135 and #615.
Hudson Compare
In 2006 they stood at #764 and #885 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1014 and #538.

Moved the opposite way to Marvin

Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marvin went from #258 to #408 while Daniel went from #280 to #66.
David Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marvin went from #258 to #408 while David went from #167 to #88.
Emil Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marvin went from #258 to #408 while Emil went from #271 to #2.
Even Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marvin went from #258 to #408 while Even went from #180 to #42.

Moved the same way as Marvin

Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marvin went from #258 to #408 and Arild from #32 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marvin went from #258 to #408 and Arne from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marvin went from #258 to #408 and Bjørn from #3 to #56.
Dag Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marvin went from #258 to #408 and Dag from #48 to #426.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #258 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Marvin

Marvin at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marvin across 3 official records

Marvin by decade in Norway · Boys

Marvin appears in

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Marvin at a glance

Marvin across 3 official records

Marvin by decade in Norway · Boys

Marvin appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Marvin and the names beside it

Marvin moved ahead of

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