# Mervin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mervin/  
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 |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,360 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12,322 / 38 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 14, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Mervyn.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 8 | 3,698 |
| 1920 | 8 | 3,845 |
| 1921 | 6 | 4,900 |
| 1923 | 6 | 4,785 |
| 1928 | 5 | 5,202 |
| 1935 | 5 | 4,686 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 2,690 |
| 2012 | 57 | 2,285 |
| 2013 | 44 | 2,696 |
| 2014 | 48 | 2,565 |
| 2015 | 50 | 2,512 |
| 2016 | 54 | 2,402 |
| 2017 | 51 | 2,520 |
| 2018 | 43 | 2,828 |
| 2019 | 40 | 3,034 |
| 2020 | 58 | 2,341 |
| 2021 | 46 | 2,763 |
| 2022 | 43 | 2,942 |
| 2023 | 61 | 2,308 |
| 2024 | 58 | 2,412 |
| 2025 | 58 | 2,377 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |

## People named Mervin

- Mervin Tran, Canadian pair skater
- Mervin Jackson, American basketball player (1946-2012)
- Mervin Joe Kelly, American physicist (1894–1971)

## 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.