girls:
109 births since 1964
#5607 (2nd percentile)
boys:
219 births since 1984
#4367 (5th percentile)
overall:
328 births since 1964
#7411 (4th percentile)
The name Marvelous is the #7,411 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 328 recorded births since 1964. This represents the 4.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,367 (4.7% percentile) for all time with 219 births since 1984. For girls, it ranks #5,607 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 109 births since 1964.
Marvelous first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1964 (1964 for girls and 1984 for boys). Birth data for Marvelous is available in 27 out of the 60 years between 1964 and 2023 (26 years for boys and 14 years for girls). 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 Marvelous has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (66.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 62.5% of babies named Marvelous were boys. Interestingly, until around 1984, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1964 to 1983), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (67.8% boys from 1984 to 2023).
For boys, Marvelous reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #906) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Marvelous is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #901 (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million.
For girls, Marvelous reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #933) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Marvelous ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 75.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marvelous".
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