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Marwan

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Marwan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 48 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
480.00% of boys
Peak year
201755 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1961
1,309people given the name
Babies named Marwan, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,309 boys have been named Marwan in the United States since 1961, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 55 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 33%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Marwan
1960s5
1970s118
1980s124
1990s148
2000s259
2010s436
2020s219

In 2017, its biggest year

Marwan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2017 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Logan. See all of 2017.

Names that rose and fell with Marwan

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.