Marvel

A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning to wonder at; a marvel or miracle.

Babies a year
50
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies

Marvel by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Marvel. In the US, 50 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 171 babies in 1929, making it a 1920s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Marvel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Marceldedicated to Mars, the god of war70 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Martelhammer; warrior23 in the US (2017)
  • Marvellwonderful, marvelous; a form of Marvel10 in the US (2017)
  • Marvenfamous friend; a form of Marvin5 in the US (2017)
  • Markel81 in the US (2017)
  • Marsel4 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Marvel

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