Mervyn
Mervyn is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 828th, in 1937.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 193755 births
- Best rank
- #828in 1937
- Since 1905
- 1,581people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,581 boys have been named Mervyn in the United States since 1905, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1937, with 55 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 55 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1937, and the 1930s alone account for 29%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Mervyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 165 | |
| 1920s | 295 | |
| 1930s | 451 | |
| 1940s | 244 | |
| 1950s | 122 | |
| 1960s | 105 | |
| 1970s | 67 | |
| 1980s | 58 | |
| 1990s | 51 | |
| 2000s | 13 | |
| 2010s | 5 |
In 1937, its biggest year
Mervyn was the 828th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1937 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1937.
Names that rose and fell with Mervyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Merlynpeak 1930
- Arlispeak 1931
- Ozellpeak 1937
- Verlinpeak 1929
- Lowellpeak 1931
- Durwoodpeak 1943
- Carrolpeak 1930
- Arlandpeak 1935
Other spellings in the data
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.