Marvel
Marvel was the 5140th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 1917, when it ranked 1421st; the most babies were born in 2019 (32). Over the last ten years it has moved up 298 places. More babies were named Marvel in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,140 boys, down 770 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 19boys
- Girls and boys
- 49% girls, 51% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201932 babies
- Total since 1880
- 6,569babies recorded
Marvel popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,736 | #5,140 | 17 | 19 |
| 2020 | #3,722 | #4,370 | 40 | 23 |
| 2010 | — | #10,367 | — | 7 |
| 2000 | — | #6,182 | — | 11 |
| 1990 | #14,381 | #2,925 | 5 | 22 |
| 1980 | #11,457 | #4,033 | 5 | 10 |
| 1970 | #4,166 | #2,698 | 14 | 13 |
| 1960 | #3,843 | #4,401 | 12 | 5 |
| 1950 | #1,541 | #3,559 | 37 | 6 |
| 1940 | #910 | #3,342 | 63 | 6 |
| 1930 | #588 | #2,552 | 137 | 11 |
| 1920 | #589 | #2,022 | 149 | 17 |
| 1910 | #599 | — | 49 | — |
| 1900 | #522 | — | 42 | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Marvel, counting every spelling?
Marvel has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Marvel?
19 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Marvel (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Marvel born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 439 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Marvel.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Marvel?
About 900 people born in the US named Marvel are alive today, with a median age of 29; half are between 10 and 50. That makes Marvel mostly worn by children and young adults. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Marvel by state
How common Marvel was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Marvel: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Marvel, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Marvel
How popular is the name Marvel?
Marvel was the 5140th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 1917, when it ranked 1421st; the most babies were born in 2019 (32). Over the last ten years it has moved up 298 places. More babies were named Marvel in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Marvel a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 49% girls, 51% boys given the name Marvel in the US.
Where is Marvel most popular?
In 2021–2025, Marvel was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 boys).