Marvel
Mostly boys · MAR-vul · English
Marvel is a name of English origin, meaning “a wonder”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Marvel mean?
English: English word name, via Old French merveille from Latin mirabilia
“a wonder”
An English word for a wonder, from Old French merveille and Latin mirabilia, wonderful things.
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Is Marvel a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Marvel has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 17 girls and 19 boys in the US.
How popular is Marvel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 163% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Marvel, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Marvel than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Marvel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Marvel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
How popular is Marvel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Marvel, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1907. 17 girls were also named Marvel in 2025 (6,545th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Marvel in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1907, 89% of the babies named Marvel in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 47%, with more boys than girls since 2023.
Marvel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 32 | #3,493 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,365 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 16 | #1,973 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,114 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,130 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,079 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,003 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,387 |
| 1927 | 17 | #1,959 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,302 |
| 1925 | 18 | #1,869 |
| 1924 | 19 | #1,839 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,502 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 17 | #1,965 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,151 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
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