Marvel**
#2,088 most common girls' name of all time · #3,566 across all names · 21% male / 79% female · used 1889–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#2,088
Rank overall
#3,566 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
136 of 146
All-time
6,569
Since 2016
505
Peak year
1929 #520
Best rank
#489 1899
Girls
Boys
peak 181/yr
Marvel first appears in 1889. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 19 | 36 | #6,562 |
| 2024 | 15 | 16 | 31 | #7,278 |
| 2023 | 27 | 28 | 55 | #4,884 |
| 2022 | 30 | 30 | 60 | #4,587 |
| 2021 | 28 | 29 | 57 | #4,725 |
| 2020 | 40 | 23 | 63 | #3,681 |
| 2019 | 34 | 32 | 66 | #4,173 |
| 2018 | 29 | 18 | 47 | #4,676 |
| 2017 | 21 | 29 | 50 | #5,840 |
| 2016 | 20 | 20 | 40 | #6,202 |
| 2015 | 14 | 17 | 31 | #8,031 |
| 2014 | 29 | 24 | 53 | #4,776 |
| 2013 | 11 | 17 | 28 | #9,636 |
| 2012 | 8 | 13 | 21 | #12,247 |
| 2011 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2009 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 2008 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #17,585 |
| 2007 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 2006 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 2005 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 2004 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 2003 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 2002 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 2001 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2000 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1999 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1997 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1996 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1995 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1994 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1993 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1992 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1991 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1990 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #13,046 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1988 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #9,296 |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1986 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1985 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #8,391 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1983 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1982 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1981 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1980 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #10,500 |
| 1979 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1978 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #7,712 |
| 1977 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #9,759 |
| 1976 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1975 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #8,065 |
| 1974 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #8,860 |
| 1973 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #6,740 |
| 1972 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #6,012 |
| 1971 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #7,455 |
| 1970 | 14 | 13 | 27 | #4,063 |
| 1969 | 13 | 9 | 22 | #3,991 |
| 1968 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #5,703 |
| 1967 | 18 | 16 | 34 | #2,990 |
| 1966 | 12 | 12 | 24 | #3,779 |
| 1965 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,995 |
| 1964 | 15 | 8 | 23 | #3,409 |
| 1963 | 20 | 5 | 25 | #2,802 |
| 1962 | 16 | 10 | 26 | #3,179 |
| 1961 | 17 | 10 | 27 | #3,089 |
| 1960 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #3,729 |
| 1959 | 21 | 9 | 30 | #2,535 |
| 1958 | 18 | 7 | 25 | #2,768 |
| 1957 | 28 | 6 | 34 | #2,079 |
| 1956 | 45 | 6 | 51 | #1,584 |
| 1955 | 35 | 8 | 43 | #1,783 |
| 1954 | 22 | 8 | 30 | #2,316 |
| 1953 | 35 | 8 | 43 | #1,683 |
| 1952 | 33 | 5 | 38 | #1,725 |
| 1951 | 35 | 10 | 45 | #1,620 |
| 1950 | 37 | 6 | 43 | #1,538 |
| 1949 | 38 | 9 | 47 | #1,493 |
| 1948 | 40 | 13 | 53 | #1,464 |
| 1947 | 41 | 5 | 46 | #1,471 |
| 1946 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,344 |
| 1945 | 44 | 11 | 55 | #1,198 |
| 1944 | 48 | 12 | 60 | #1,138 |
| 1943 | 58 | 8 | 66 | #1,052 |
| 1942 | 61 | 11 | 72 | #1,003 |
| 1941 | 63 | — | 63 | #930 |
| 1940 | 63 | 6 | 69 | #907 |
| 1939 | 59 | 7 | 66 | #922 |
| 1938 | 84 | 13 | 97 | #762 |
| 1937 | 67 | 7 | 74 | #845 |
| 1936 | 73 | 8 | 81 | #792 |
| 1935 | 90 | 8 | 98 | #712 |
| 1934 | 108 | 8 | 116 | #647 |
| 1933 | 90 | 7 | 97 | #685 |
| 1932 | 103 | 9 | 112 | #665 |
| 1931 | 105 | 14 | 119 | #648 |
| 1930 | 137 | 11 | 148 | #587 |
| 1929 | 171 | 10 | 181 | #520 |
| 1928 | 101 | 12 | 113 | #700 |
| 1927 | 134 | 17 | 151 | #616 |
| 1926 | 138 | 13 | 151 | #605 |
| 1925 | 108 | 18 | 126 | #710 |
| 1924 | 152 | 19 | 171 | #608 |
| 1923 | 153 | 25 | 178 | #583 |
| 1922 | 130 | 17 | 147 | #646 |
| 1921 | 136 | 12 | 148 | #635 |
| 1920 | 149 | 17 | 166 | #589 |
| 1919 | 128 | 14 | 142 | #621 |
| 1918 | 150 | 11 | 161 | #585 |
| 1917 | 127 | 25 | 152 | #608 |
| 1916 | 129 | 10 | 139 | #592 |
| 1915 | 135 | 11 | 146 | #553 |
| 1914 | 74 | 10 | 84 | #680 |
| 1913 | 64 | 9 | 73 | #648 |
| 1912 | 63 | 6 | 69 | #628 |
| 1911 | 43 | 7 | 50 | #664 |
| 1910 | 49 | — | 49 | #603 |
| 1909 | 43 | — | 43 | #592 |
| 1908 | 46 | — | 46 | #556 |
| 1907 | 40 | 5 | 45 | #586 |
| 1906 | 43 | — | 43 | #540 |
| 1905 | 28 | — | 28 | #682 |
| 1904 | 33 | — | 33 | #599 |
| 1903 | 29 | — | 29 | #627 |
| 1902 | 34 | — | 34 | #570 |
| 1901 | 35 | — | 35 | #519 |
| 1900 | 42 | — | 42 | #523 |
| 1899 | 37 | — | 37 | #489 |
| 1898 | 35 | — | 35 | #541 |
| 1897 | 25 | — | 25 | #626 |
| 1896 | 27 | — | 27 | #609 |
| 1895 | 20 | — | 20 | #724 |
| 1894 | 13 | — | 13 | #901 |
| 1893 | 19 | — | 19 | #685 |
| 1892 | 17 | — | 17 | #725 |
| 1891 | 15 | — | 15 | #726 |
| 1889 | 9 | — | 9 | #948 |