Mervin

Boy name

Mervin has been given to 12,360 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1920.

Meaning & origin

Variant of Mervyn.

Origin: Welsh

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

12,360

Peak year

1920 (257 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▲ +16%

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Mervin.

12,341 babies since 1880

12,235 babies since 1882

12,131 babies since 1880

11,982 babies since 1880

11,790 babies since 1880

13,122 babies since 1880

11,584 babies since 1880

13,538 babies since 1880

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