Mervyn
#3,611 most common boys' name of all time · #8,810 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1905–2016
Rank among boys
#3,611
Rank overall
#8,810 of 105,966
First appeared
1905
Years on the list
82 of 146
All-time
1,586
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1937 #829
Best rank
#829 1937
Girls
Boys
peak 55/yr
Mervyn first appears in 1905. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,268 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,522 |
| 2001 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,328 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1994 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,500 |
| 1992 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,138 |
| 1991 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,807 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,893 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,704 |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,234 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,062 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,975 |
| 1982 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,649 |
| 1981 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,072 |
| 1980 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,018 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,180 |
| 1977 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,224 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,041 |
| 1975 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,893 |
| 1974 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,386 |
| 1972 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,856 |
| 1971 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,722 |
| 1970 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,907 |
| 1968 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,990 |
| 1967 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,522 |
| 1966 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,852 |
| 1965 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,070 |
| 1964 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,457 |
| 1963 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,003 |
| 1962 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,222 |
| 1961 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,168 |
| 1960 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1959 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,112 |
| 1958 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,307 |
| 1957 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1956 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,214 |
| 1955 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 1954 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1953 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,230 |
| 1952 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 1951 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,092 |
| 1950 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,909 |
| 1949 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,642 |
| 1948 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,082 |
| 1947 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,211 |
| 1946 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,543 |
| 1945 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,569 |
| 1944 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,391 |
| 1943 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,183 |
| 1942 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,223 |
| 1941 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,360 |
| 1940 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,045 |
| 1939 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,005 |
| 1938 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,091 |
| 1937 | — | 55 | 55 | #829 |
| 1936 | — | 52 | 52 | #851 |
| 1935 | — | 54 | 54 | #857 |
| 1934 | — | 48 | 48 | #915 |
| 1933 | — | 47 | 47 | #921 |
| 1932 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,086 |
| 1931 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,231 |
| 1930 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,003 |
| 1929 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,187 |
| 1928 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,436 |
| 1927 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,632 |
| 1926 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,348 |
| 1925 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1924 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,441 |
| 1923 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,622 |
| 1922 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,677 |
| 1921 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,223 |
| 1920 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,224 |
| 1919 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,114 |
| 1918 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,529 |
| 1917 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,470 |
| 1916 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #1,631 |
| 1915 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,238 |
| 1914 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 1913 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,167 |
| 1912 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,500 |
| 1911 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,515 |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,413 |