Marvell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAR-vel
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Marvell is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Marvell mean?
English: English surname of uncertain meaning
Andrew Marvell was a 17th-century English poet, best known for 'To His Coy Mistress'.
Is Marvell a girl's or a boy's name?
Marvell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marvell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Marvell, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1920.
2025 had more boys named Marvell than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Marvell in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marvell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 33 | #3,311 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,611 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 26 | #2,899 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 25 | #2,677 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,225 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,915 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,116 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
Names like Marvell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mason, Maxwell, Mitchell, Matthew, Tyler, Miguel, Wyatt, Hunter, Tyson, Micah, Michael, Marcus
Names related to Marvell
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Marvell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marvell, updated 20 October 2026.