unisex name

Mavel

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 32

Mavel is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 84% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 1998 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1990, when 7 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1921.

Mavel over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 1990s. The striped bar is the 1990s, still in progress — it covers 1990 to 1998, not a full ten years.

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'20 '70 '80 '90
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Births named Mavel by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 5
1970s 5
1980s 5
1990s (to 1998) 12

How popular is Mavel?

In 1998, Mavel was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Mavel is used

France #4,534 5 in 2006
United States #14,583 5 in 1998

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Mavel

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Mavel also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Mavel over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Mavel

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Mavel — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Mavel

How popular is the name Mavel?

In 1998, Mavel was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Mavel a girl's or a boy's name?

Mavel is used for both girls and boys. About 84% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Mavel most popular?

Mavel peaked in 1990, when 7 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.