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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Mervyn

Mervyn was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1937, when it ranked 828th with 55 babies. More babies were named Mervyn in the 1930s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
193755 babies
Total since 1880
1,586babies recorded

Mervyn popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few girls are given the name too: 5 since 1916.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990#6,2208
1980#5,3097
1970#4,0987
1960#3,0129
1950#1,92716
1940#1,04439
1930#99947
1920#1,22136
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Mervyn, counting every spelling?

Mervyn has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Mervyn?

About 500 people born in the US named Mervyn are alive today, with a median age of 64; half are between 47 and 80. That makes Mervyn a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Mervyn by state

How common Mervyn was among boys born in each state in 1935–1939, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in California (5.1×). In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIL0.03Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNY0.06Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesPA0.02New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesCA0.23Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Mervyn, boys, 1935–1939. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Mervyn

How popular is the name Mervyn?

Mervyn was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1937, when it ranked 828th with 55 babies. More babies were named Mervyn in the 1930s than in any other decade.

Is Mervyn a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 5 girls and 1,581 boys.

Where was Mervyn most popular?

In 1935–1939, Mervyn was most common in California (0.23 per 1,000 boys), followed by New York and Illinois.