Jarvis
Last seen for girls in 1989 at #8,037 · #2,833 for boys in 2025, 44 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1988 · 600 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 17,720since 1882
Jarvis over time
Rank among boys' names. Jarvis has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,833 | 44 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,012 | 76 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,774 | 91 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,815 | 89 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,667 | 99 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,609 | 100 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,534 | 110 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,553 | 108 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,439 | 119 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,203 | 157 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,327 | 133 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,198 | 154 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,235 | 144 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,249 | 141 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,271 | 135 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,190 | 151 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,241 | 144 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,081 | 173 | |
| 2007 | — | #907 | 219 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,000 | 184 | |
| 2005 | — | #937 | 186 | |
| 2004 | — | #981 | 170 | |
| 2003 | — | #888 | 190 | |
| 2002 | — | #962 | 166 | |
| 2001 | — | #813 | 205 | |
| 2000 | — | #765 | 217 | |
| 1999 | — | #703 | 239 | |
| 1998 | — | #688 | 244 | |
| 1997 | — | #635 | 266 | |
| 1996 | — | #593 | 303 | |
| 1995 | — | #591 | 301 | |
| 1994 | — | #455 | 482 | |
| 1993 | — | #467 | 451 | |
| 1992 | — | #489 | 419 | |
| 1991 | — | #428 | 523 | |
| 1990 | — | #437 | 508 | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #357 | 635 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #347 | 600 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #386 | 497 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #356 | 533 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #389 | 461 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | #378 | 466 |
| 1983 | — | #378 | 453 | |
| 1982 | — | #425 | 386 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #409 | 403 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #456 | 340 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #480 | 296 |
| 1978 | — | #498 | 262 | |
| 1977 | — | #506 | 261 | |
| 1976 | — | #594 | 187 | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #554 | 212 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #582 | 187 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #614 | 167 |
| 1972 | — | #625 | 158 | |
| 1971 | — | #633 | 169 | |
| 1970 | — | #688 | 145 | |
| 1969 | — | #752 | 108 | |
| 1968 | — | #726 | 106 | |
| 1967 | — | #768 | 90 | |
| 1966 | — | #870 | 70 | |
| 1965 | — | #771 | 91 | |
| 1964 | — | #799 | 89 | |
| 1963 | — | #785 | 94 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #786 | 94 |
| 1961 | — | #790 | 93 | |
| 1960 | — | #733 | 110 | |
| 1959 | — | #686 | 123 | |
| 1958 | — | #686 | 121 | |
| 1957 | — | #681 | 125 | |
| 1956 | — | #785 | 89 | |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #756 | 93 |
| 1954 | — | #851 | 73 | |
| 1953 | — | #852 | 71 | |
| 1952 | — | #850 | 67 | |
| 1951 | — | #867 | 65 | |
| 1950 | — | #960 | 52 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,063 | 44 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #1,063 | 44 |
| 1947 | — | #1,014 | 50 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,382 | 26 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,270 | 27 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,004 | 42 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,258 | 30 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,026 | 43 | |
| 1941 | — | #960 | 44 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,135 | 34 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,033 | 38 | |
| 1938 | — | #834 | 55 | |
| 1937 | — | #880 | 49 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,182 | 31 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,078 | 36 | |
| 1934 | — | #982 | 42 | |
| 1933 | — | #905 | 47 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #1,025 | 42 |
| 1931 | — | #901 | 51 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,021 | 45 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,078 | 41 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #1,211 | 35 |
| 1927 | — | #951 | 53 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,144 | 39 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,053 | 43 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,020 | 48 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,157 | 38 | |
| 1922 | — | #928 | 56 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,159 | 38 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,004 | 47 | |
| 1919 | — | #999 | 46 | |
| 1918 | — | #966 | 48 | |
| 1917 | — | #919 | 48 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,096 | 35 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,124 | 33 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,388 | 19 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,146 | 20 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,417 | 12 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #928 | 12 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #968 | 8 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Jarvis! It came in at #837, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jarvis is popular in 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#376 · 1 in 5,873
- North Carolina#390 · 1 in 5,483
- Georgia#409 · 1 in 6,129
- Alabama#474 · 1 in 7,777
- Florida#495 · 1 in 8,606
Best ever in a state: #50 in Mississippi, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #376 | 7 | 1 in 5,873 |
| North Carolina | #390 | 10 | 1 in 5,483 |
| Georgia | #409 | 8 | 1 in 6,129 |
| Alabama | #474 | 5 | 1 in 7,777 |
| Florida | #495 | 5 | 1 in 8,606 |
| Texas | #532 | 17 | 1 in 7,114 |
| New York | #841 | 5 | 1 in 34,850 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jarvis
- 821 spots since 2024 (#2,012 → #2,833)
- 1,224 spots since 2020 (#1,609 → #2,833)
- 1,506 spots since 2015 (#1,327 → #2,833)
- Biggest jump: 512 spots in 1910 (#1,440 → #928)
- Biggest drop: 267 spots in 1884 (#497 → #764)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1988 at #347 (600 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1950–2007
- Highest: 1 in 3,151 boys born in 1989 were named Jarvis (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 38,820 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #347 in 1988, was only 1 in 3,190 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.9% of all boys named Jarvis (4,774) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 46 | #497 (1883) | #758 |
| 1890s | 21 | #861 (1892) | #882 |
| 1900s | 39 | #836 (1905) | #1,121 |
| 1910s | 273 | #919 (1917) | #1,109 |
| 1920s | 438 | #928 (1922) | #1,071 |
| 1930s | 436 | #834 (1938) | #984 |
| 1940s | 384 | #960 (1941) | #1,118 |
| 1950s | 879 | #681 (1957) | #797 |
| 1960s | 945 | #726 (1968) | #778 |
| 1970s | 2,044 | #480 (1979) | #577 |
| 1980s | 4,774 | #347 (1988) | #388 |
| 1990s | 3,736 | #428 (1991) | #549 |
| 2000s | 1,854 | #765 (2000) | #958 |
| 2010s | 1,352 | #1,190 (2010) | #1,320 |
| 2020s | 499 | #1,609 (2020) | #1,952 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jarvis in 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
Top boys' names in 1955
More about 1955
girls
1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 244,410 of them was named Jarvis, which outranked 35.0% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,069Zara9
- #4,069Zelphia9
- #4,069Zenia9
- #4,376Jarvis8
- #4,376Adora8
- #4,376Aisha8
- #4,376Alessandra8
- #4,740Adelene7
- #4,740Adriann7
- #4,740Adrianna7
Tied with 363 names at #4,376; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 22,149 of them was named Jarvis, which outranked 82.8% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).