# Marvel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marvel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,569 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,371 / 5,198 (79% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 67, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 19,447 |
| 2012 | 8 | 13,011 |
| 2013 | 11 | 10,006 |
| 2014 | 29 | 4,856 |
| 2015 | 14 | 8,284 |
| 2016 | 20 | 6,331 |
| 2017 | 21 | 5,963 |
| 2018 | 29 | 4,736 |
| 2019 | 34 | 4,233 |
| 2020 | 40 | 3,722 |
| 2021 | 28 | 4,795 |
| 2022 | 30 | 4,644 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,949 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,463 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6,736 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 6,462 |
| 2012 | 13 | 6,534 |
| 2013 | 17 | 5,312 |
| 2014 | 24 | 4,212 |
| 2015 | 17 | 5,438 |
| 2016 | 20 | 4,881 |
| 2017 | 29 | 3,740 |
| 2018 | 18 | 5,239 |
| 2019 | 32 | 3,538 |
| 2020 | 23 | 4,370 |
| 2021 | 29 | 3,787 |
| 2022 | 30 | 3,739 |
| 2023 | 28 | 3,957 |
| 2024 | 16 | 5,812 |
| 2025 | 19 | 5,140 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.