Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Marva

#1,579 most common girls' name of all time · #2,729 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1913–2023

Rank among girls
#1,579
Rank overall
#2,729 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
94 of 146
All-time
10,369
Since 2016
15
Peak year
1948 #411
Best rank
#334 1936
Girls Boys peak 371/yr
192019401960198020002020

Marva first appears in 1913. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2023 5 — 5 #15,359
2020 5 — 5 #15,241
2018 5 — 5 #15,835
2014 5 — 5 #16,695
2012 5 — 5 #17,002
2005 5 — 5 #16,617
2002 9 — 9 #10,314
2000 5 — 5 #15,179
1999 6 — 6 #12,809
1997 6 — 6 #12,206
1996 10 — 10 #8,208
1995 9 — 9 #8,852
1994 9 — 9 #8,894
1993 16 — 16 #5,720
1992 13 — 13 #6,713
1991 19 — 19 #5,034
1990 22 — 22 #4,405
1989 28 — 28 #3,586
1988 23 — 23 #3,918
1987 26 — 26 #3,448
1986 16 — 16 #4,767
1985 23 — 23 #3,651
1984 33 — 33 #2,743
1983 33 — 33 #2,681
1982 34 — 34 #2,720
1981 30 — 30 #2,942
1980 35 — 35 #2,667
1979 33 — 33 #2,687
1978 24 — 24 #3,217
1977 37 — 37 #2,391
1976 31 — 31 #2,561
1975 46 — 46 #1,944
1974 65 — 65 #1,506
1973 59 — 59 #1,575
1972 69 — 69 #1,422
1971 94 — 94 #1,205
1970 113 — 113 #1,075
1969 115 — 115 #1,013
1968 109 — 109 #1,006
1967 105 — 105 #1,000
1966 111 — 111 #968
1965 125 — 125 #903
1964 141 — 141 #875
1963 144 — 144 #876
1962 172 — 172 #796
1961 150 — 150 #875
1960 172 — 172 #781
1959 212 — 212 #690
1958 173 — 173 #758
1957 214 — 214 #675
1956 252 — 252 #599
1955 261 — 261 #565
1954 282 — 282 #530
1953 296 — 296 #505
1952 241 — 241 #558
1951 330 — 330 #459
1950 315 — 315 #457
1949 318 — 318 #447
1948 371 — 371 #411
1947 328 — 328 #450
1946 286 — 286 #463
1945 263 — 263 #441
1944 316 — 316 #401
1943 322 — 322 #407
1942 276 — 276 #439
1941 338 — 338 #366
1940 297 — 297 #392
1939 319 — 319 #367
1938 332 — 332 #355
1937 342 — 342 #342
1936 350 7 357 #334
1935 187 — 187 #466
1934 74 — 74 #786
1933 60 — 60 #877
1932 57 — 57 #939
1931 57 — 57 #925
1930 69 — 69 #866
1929 56 — 56 #964
1928 60 — 60 #966
1927 43 — 43 #1,192
1926 39 — 39 #1,261
1925 44 — 44 #1,175
1924 37 — 37 #1,351
1923 35 — 35 #1,347
1922 25 — 25 #1,725
1921 31 — 31 #1,511
1920 24 — 24 #1,748
1919 20 — 20 #1,918
1918 16 — 16 #2,282
1917 10 — 10 #3,069
1916 12 — 12 #2,647
1915 10 — 10 #2,876
1914 7 — 7 #3,140
1913 5 — 5 #3,648