Marvin
Top 1000
About Marvin
Marvin has been neglected for so long that it's hard to believe that it has windswept Welsh roots. It also has some strong namesakes going for it -- singer Marvin Gaye, composer Marvin Hamlisch and boxer Marvin Hagler. It's the real name of both Neil Simon and Meatloaf. And let's not forget mention Marvin Gardens on Monopoly.
Marvin has made appearances on The Simpsons, Weeds and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- and was more recently bestowed on the baby in How I Met Your Mother.
As of October 2026, Marvin ranked #699 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #44 in 1934, Nameberry popularity #897.
Editor's take: The name Marvin is a boy's name of Welsh origin meaning "sea hill".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #493 | 571 | 297.3 |
| 2015 | #548 | 522 | 272.3 |
| 2016 | #542 | 533 | 280.9 |
| 2017 | #559 | 487 | 263.1 |
| 2018 | #577 | 480 | 264.3 |
| 2019 | #584 | 477 | 265.9 |
| 2020 | #606 | 451 | 261.3 |
| 2021 | #619 | 450 | 257.2 |
| 2022 | #612 | 457 | 261.7 |
| 2023 | #638 | 432 | 252.5 |
| 2024 | #671 | 406 | 235.7 |
| 2025 | #699 | 385 | 225.4 |
World rankings
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Famous Marvins
- Marvin Pentz Gaye
legendary American singer,songwriter and musician
- Marvin Frederick Hamlisch
American composer
- Marvin Harrison
American football player
- Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton
American Appalachian moonshiner
- Marvin Richard James Humes
singer with British boy band JLS
- Marvin Lee Minsky
American cognitive scientist
- "Marvelous" Marvin Nathaniel Hagler
American middleweight boxer
- Marvin Jay Cuyugan Agustin
Filipino actor
- Marvin Stamm
American jazz trumpeter
- Marvin Plattenhardt
German professional footballer
- Marvin (Romeo Kwasie) Zeegelaar
Dutch professional footballer
Marvin in pop culture
- Marvin Boggs
character in "RED"
- Marvin Wait
for,it Eriksen, son of Lily and Marshall on "How I Met Your Mother"
- Marvin the Martian
Looney Tunes character
- Marvin Myles Ransome
main female character in the novel "H.M. Pulham, Esq.," played in the film by Hedy Lamarr
- "Marvin
" American comic strip about a talking baby
- Marvin Grossberg
character from "Ace Attorney"
- Marvin Suggs
from "The Muppet Show"
- Marvin "Mouth" McFadden
male character on hit TV show "One Tree Hill"
- Marvin
character in musical "Falsettos"
- Marvin
character in movie "Daddy day Care"
- Marvin Mange
main character in the 2001 comedy film "The Animal"
- Marvin Branagh
Resident Evil 2