Marve

Boys' name

From Russian Ма́рфа; literal meaning unconfirmed

Marve has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1961. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1961, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Marve, 1961

1 in 828,000

Marve over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Marve: meaning, origin, and history

From Russian Ма́рфа; literal meaning unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Marve means

Marve is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Marve is used in Estonian.

Marve comes through Russian Ма́рфа.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Marve between 1961 and 1961. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1961; its best national rank was #4,446 in 1961.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Marve?

Marve had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1961, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1961: 1 in 828,000; 5 of 4,142,426 births
Among boys only: 1 in 425,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1961: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 574,263 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Marve sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1961 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 574,263 children born in 1961 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Marve. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Marves were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Marve was born before 1961 — so the typical Marve is around 64 today.

Median birth year: 1961; About 64 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Marve rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1961 (5)
Years since peak: 64; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,446; 1961

Spellings of Marve

Marve is not the most common spelling — Mark is, with 57.6% against Marve's <0.01%.

Mark57.6%1,362,176
Marvin10.7%254,192
Mario6.4%151,310
Marc5.9%140,604
Harvey5.4%127,925
Marco3.2%76,578
Dave2.7%64,378
Marty1.4%32,180

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Marve by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,446; 1961
Peak year: 1961; 5 that year
First recorded: 1961
Last recorded: 1961
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Marve

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Marrk Marka Markk Marni Marid Marly Maric Maren Marli Marle Mardi Marva Maryon Marlys Mardie Marvan Marcoa Mariam Martes Marqis Marrek Marvic Mareck Marci

Sibling names for Marve

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jeanetta Juli Carleen Juliann Danita Lorri Donita Jannette

For a brother

Art Toney Lenny Lindsay Tod Ward Rod Curtiss

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