girls:
442 births since 1908
#5274 (8th percentile)
boys:
74 births since 1968
#4512 (2nd percentile)
overall:
516 births since 1908
#7223 (7th percentile)
The name Marvelle is the #7,223 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 516 recorded births since 1908. This represents the 6.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,274 (7.7% percentile) for all time with 442 births since 1908. For boys, it ranks #4,512 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 74 births since 1968.
Marvelle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1908 (1908 for girls and 1968 for boys). Birth data for Marvelle is available in 55 out of the 114 years between 1908 and 2021 (43 years for girls and 13 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Marvelle has been given predominantly to girls, with 85.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2021, 0.0% of babies named Marvelle were girls. Interestingly, until around 1990, the name was more popular for girls (97.8% girls from 1908 to 1989), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (92.8% boys from 1990 to 2021).
For girls, Marvelle reached its peak popularity in 1917, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #559) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1917, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2019.
For boys, Marvelle reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #767) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marvelle".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Marvelle. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Marvelle is pronounced as mahr-VEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAHR-vehl, at 30.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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