How Many People Are Named Marvel?
people named Marvel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 154,165 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,569 babies named Marvel in Social Security records from 1889 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
181 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Marvel, 58.5% were girls and 41.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Marvel fell from 100% in the 1890s to 52% in the 2020s. It was lowest in the 1990s, at 3.8%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Marvel alive today is about 47 years old, and 44% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 11 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Marvel first appears in the records in 1889 and was given most often in 1929, to 181 babies. In 2025, 36 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1889 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Marvel has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #487, in 1899. In 2025 it ranked #6,735. Among boys, its best rank was #1,421, in 1917.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,735 | #5,139 |
| Best rank | #487 (1899) | #1,421 (1917) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #620 in the 1920s | #4,990 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Marvel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Marvel were born in California than in any other state: about 60 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marvel was given 9.5 times as often in Minnesota, 9.2 times in Iowa and 9.1 times in North Dakota.
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