How Many People Are Named Mervyn?
people named Mervyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 657,278 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,586 babies named Mervyn in Social Security records from 1905 to 2016, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
55 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Welsh name Merfyn, which possibly meant "marrow famous". This was the name of a 9th-century Welsh king, Merfyn Frych.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Mervyn in English. Counting Mervyn and these spellings together, about 5,957 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Mervyn in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mervyn alive today is about 63 years old, and 59% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 48 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mervyn first appears in the records in 1905 and was given most often in 1937, to 55 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2016.
Babies given the name each year, 1905 to 2016
🏆 Rank History
Mervyn has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #828, in 1937.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #828 (1937) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #954 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mervyn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mervyn were born in California than in any other state: about 24 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mervyn was given 21 times as often in California and 2 times in New York.
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