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Marvel

#6,735 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

A miracle, a wonder

Marvel has been given to 6,569 babies in the U.S. since 1889. In 2025 it ranked #6,735 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1929, with 171 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 79% girls, 21% boys all-time.

Babies named Marvel, 2025

1 in 195,000

Marvel over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Marvel over time

In 2025, Marvel went to 47% girls and 53% boys.

18892025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Marvel: meaning, origin, and history

A miracle, a wonder

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Marvel means

Marvel means “a miracle, a wonder”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,198 girls were recorded with the name Marvel between 1889 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 171 in 1929; its best national rank was #487 in 1899.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,721 in 2020 to #6,735 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,280 in 2015 to #6,735 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,371 boys were recorded with the name Marvel between 1907 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 32 in 2019; its best national rank was #1,421 in 1917.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,366 in 2020 to #5,139 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,434 in 2015 to #5,139 in 2025.

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.

How common is Marvel?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 195,000
17 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 94,500
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#6,735
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
135,172 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Marvel sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 135,172 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Marvel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Marvels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Marvel was born before 1927 — so the typical Marvel is around 98 today.

Median birth year
1927
About 98 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
26.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
6.3%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
860
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 26.4% of all recorded uses (1,372).

Is Marvel 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
+724
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−3,014
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,545
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.21×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
9.9%
Peak was 1929 (171)
Years since peak
96
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
37.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#487
1899

Spellings of Marvel

Marvel is not the most common spelling — Marie is, with 52.5% against Marvel's 0.51%.

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.

Where Marvel is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Marvel was most concentrated in North Dakota — about 1 in 4,167 girls, against 1 in 42,678 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

024 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Dakota1 in 4,167
  2. 2Iowa1 in 5,263
  3. 3Minnesota1 in 6,667
  4. 4South Dakota1 in 7,692
  5. 5Nebraska1 in 11,111
  6. 6Wisconsin1 in 14,286
  7. 7Kansas1 in 16,667
  8. 8Michigan1 in 16,667

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Marvel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Marvel is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Marvel was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 550,350 across all states with data. It was least common in Minnesota (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3Minnesota1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Marvel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Marvel around the world

Where Marvel ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2003–2024
    #4,193
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Marvel by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,735
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,014
Best rank ever
#487
1899
Peak year
1929
171 that year
First recorded
1889
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,198
Count in 2025
17

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,139
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 773
Best rank ever
#1,421
1917
Peak year
2019
32 that year
First recorded
1907
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,371
Count in 2025
19

Names similar to Marvel

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

MarivelMaritaMarlenMarlieMarnieMarlynMaryjoMarielMarelyMariyaMariluMarloweMaryahMarinMarylinMartiMaryamMariyahMarleenMartyMargauxMarlowMariannMarlo

Names with a curve like Marvel

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Marvel, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MyrtisJohnieMyrticeAdellAlberthaEldoraFloreneVergieElnaMaxieOuidaNeoma

Sibling names for Marvel

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

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