Mavis
Mavis is ranked 566th among girls in 2024 (532 births). Its best rank was 270th, in 1927.
- Rank in 2024
- #566up 29 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5320.03% of girls
- Peak year
- 1927603 births
- Best rank
- #270in 1927
- Since 1893
- 22,473people given the name
The story in the numbers
22,473 girls have been named Mavis in the United States since 1893, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 603 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1937, and the 1920s alone account for 25%. It has spent 75 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Mavis | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 58 | |
| 1900s | 235 | |
| 1910s | 1,708 | |
| 1920s | 5,529 | |
| 1930s | 4,508 | |
| 1940s | 2,697 | |
| 1950s | 1,722 | |
| 1960s | 987 | |
| 1970s | 335 | |
| 1980s | 176 | |
| 1990s | 131 | |
| 2000s | 128 | |
| 2010s | 2,095 | |
| 2020s | 2,164 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Mavis was the 270th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1927 were Mary, Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1927.
Names that rose and fell with Mavis
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Elouisepeak 2023
- Junepeak 1925
- Wynonapeak 1930
- Ellouisepeak 1922
- Marcellinepeak 1928
- Dorthypeak 1927
- Dorispeak 1928
- Domingapeak 1925
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.