Mervin
Mervin was the 2377th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 58 babies. Its best year was 1920, when it ranked 377th with 249 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 135 places. More babies were named Mervin in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,377 boys, down 36 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 58boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1920249 babies
- Total since 1880
- 12,360babies recorded
Mervin popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 38 since 1919.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,377 | 58 |
| 2020 | #2,341 | 58 |
| 2010 | #2,164 | 62 |
| 2000 | #2,038 | 50 |
| 1990 | #1,377 | 66 |
| 1980 | #1,387 | 47 |
| 1970 | #873 | 86 |
| 1960 | #744 | 108 |
| 1950 | #568 | 143 |
| 1940 | #471 | 150 |
| 1930 | #422 | 196 |
| 1920 | #377 | 249 |
| 1910 | #593 | 24 |
| 1900 | #572 | 19 |
| 1890 | #653 | 10 |
| 1880 | #877 | 6 |
How popular is Mervin, counting every spelling?
Mervin has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Mervin?
58 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mervin (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Mervin 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 144 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mervin.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Mervin?
About 5,300 people born in the US named Mervin are alive today, with a median age of 51; half are between 26 and 70. That makes Mervin 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.
Mervin by state
How common Mervin was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Pennsylvania (12.3×), Ohio (4.5×). In 46 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 Mervin: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Mervin, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Mervin
How popular is the name Mervin?
Mervin was the 2377th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 58 babies. Its best year was 1920, when it ranked 377th with 249 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 135 places. More babies were named Mervin in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Mervin a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Mervin in the US.
Where is Mervin most popular?
In 2021–2025, Mervin was most common in Pennsylvania (0.38 per 1,000 boys), followed by Ohio and Wisconsin.