Marvella
Marvella was the 10610th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1927, when it ranked 1379th with 35 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 920 places. More babies were named Marvella in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #10,610 girls, down 5,015 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 9girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 192735 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,535babies recorded
Marvella popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,610 | 9 |
| 2020 | #5,595 | 22 |
| 2010 | — | — |
| 2000 | #7,870 | 13 |
| 1990 | #12,331 | 6 |
| 1980 | #5,768 | 12 |
| 1970 | #3,665 | 17 |
| 1960 | #3,063 | 17 |
| 1950 | #2,738 | 15 |
| 1940 | #1,666 | 23 |
| 1930 | #1,735 | 22 |
| 1920 | #3,263 | 10 |
| 1910 | #2,651 | 5 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Marvella, counting every spelling?
Marvella has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Marvella?
9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Marvella (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Marvella 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 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Marvella.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Marvella?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Marvella are alive today, with a median age of 52; half are between 21 and 69. That makes Marvella mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. 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.
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Questions about the name Marvella
How popular is the name Marvella?
Marvella was the 10610th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1927, when it ranked 1379th with 35 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 920 places. More babies were named Marvella in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Marvella a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Marvella in the US.