How Many People Are Named Marva?
people named Marva are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 51,895 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,369 babies named Marva in Social Security records from 1913 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
371 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine form of MARVIN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Marva in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Marva alive today is about 69 years old, and 79% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 79 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Marva first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1948, to 371 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Marva has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #334, in 1936.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #334 (1936) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #427 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Marva alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Marva were born in Texas than in any other state: about 491 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marva was given 6.5 times as often in Utah, 3.4 times in Idaho and 3.1 times in Florida.
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