Mavin
The Story of Mavin
As a girl name
Mavin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1920, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1925: 6 births, good for #4,426 nationwide. About 73% of every Mavin on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Mavin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 22 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Mavin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1925, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2017: 9 births, good for #8,137 nationwide. About 47% of every Mavin on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Mavin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 123 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Mavin
Mavin is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1925 and has accumulated 123 births in the dataset. Mavin's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #8,137. Use the chart and map above to compare Mavin's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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