Marvelous
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- MAR-vuh-lus
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Marvelous is a name of English origin, meaning “wonderful”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Marvelous mean?
English: English word marvelous
“wonderful”
From the English word, via Old French merveille 'wonder'; the boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler legally adopted it as his first name.
Is Marvelous a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Marvelous has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Marvelous in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 5 girls.
Marvelous in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
How popular is Marvelous in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Marvelous, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
2025 had fewer boys named Marvelous than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Marvelous in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marvelous in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
Nicknames for Marvelous
- Marv
Names like Marvelous
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maverick, Maximus, Mathias, Matias, Mateo, Amias, Ares, Thiago, Hayes, Everest, Archer, Atticus
Names related to Marvelous
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Marvelous: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marvelous, updated 20 October 2026.