Mavis
#560 for girls in 2025, 537 births · Last seen for boys in 1964 at #4,039
Given to girls 99.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1927 · 603 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 23,015since 1893
Mavis over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Mavis has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #560 | 537 | — | |
| 2024 | #566 | 533 | — | |
| 2023 | #595 | 502 | — | |
| 2022 | #681 | 429 | — | |
| 2021 | #752 | 378 | — | |
| 2020 | #840 | 325 | — | |
| 2019 | #840 | 321 | — | |
| 2018 | #890 | 304 | — | |
| 2017 | #799 | 342 | — | |
| 2016 | #788 | 361 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,003 | 269 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,100 | 232 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,385 | 167 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,644 | 43 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,843 | 39 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,411 | 24 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,629 | 32 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,664 | 29 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,743 | 27 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,913 | 43 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,856 | 45 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,064 | 40 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,904 | 45 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,058 | 37 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,519 | 56 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,416 | 61 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,232 | 76 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,292 | 70 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,001 | 114 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #944 | 125 | — | |
| 1962 | #832 | 159 | — | |
| 1961 | #848 | 155 | — | |
| 1960 | #915 | 134 | — | |
| 1959 | #891 | 136 | — | |
| 1958 | #951 | 118 | — | |
| 1957 | #790 | 163 | — | |
| 1956 | #826 | 143 | — | |
| 1955 | #726 | 171 | — | |
| 1954 | #683 | 187 | — | |
| 1953 | #652 | 189 | — | |
| 1952 | #549 | 244 | — | |
| 1951 | #686 | 162 | — | |
| 1950 | #578 | 209 | — | |
| 1949 | #561 | 220 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #541 | 232 | — | |
| 1947 | #484 | 288 | — | |
| 1946 | #519 | 231 | — | |
| 1945 | #476 | 229 | — | |
| 1944 | #435 | 273 | — | |
| 1943 | #444 | 280 | — | |
| 1942 | #425 | 288 | — | |
| 1941 | #379 | 323 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #353 | 333 | — | |
| 1939 | #314 | 389 | — | |
| 1938 | #314 | 388 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #292 | 452 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #295 | 433 | — | |
| 1935 | #303 | 406 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #279 | 485 | — | |
| 1933 | #282 | 458 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #280 | 494 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #286 | 472 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #282 | 531 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #276 | 540 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #280 | 547 | — | |
| 1927 | #270 | 603 | — | |
| 1926 | #280 | 556 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #277 | 579 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #270 | 581 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #276 | 546 | #2,772 | 10 |
| 1922 | #278 | 538 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #282 | 552 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #295 | 487 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #334 | 364 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #385 | 290 | — | |
| 1917 | #412 | 236 | — | |
| 1916 | #413 | 226 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #372 | 264 | — | |
| 1914 | #511 | 119 | — | |
| 1913 | #567 | 81 | — | |
| 1912 | #659 | 58 | — | |
| 1911 | #754 | 33 | — | |
| 1910 | #698 | 37 | — | |
| 1909 | #731 | 30 | — | |
| 1908 | #729 | 28 | — | |
| 1907 | #694 | 30 | — | |
| 1906 | #716 | 26 | — | |
| 1905 | #872 | 18 | — | |
| 1904 | #755 | 22 | — | |
| 1903 | #813 | 18 | — | |
| 1902 | #716 | 23 | — | |
| 1901 | #699 | 21 | — | |
| 1900 | #860 | 19 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 | — | |
| 1898 | #963 | 13 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 | — | |
| 1895 | #932 | 12 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1893
The first year at least five girls were named Mavis! It came in at #1,437, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Mavis is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- North Dakota#51 · 1 in 200
- Minnesota#89 · 1 in 398
- South Dakota#99 · 1 in 425
- Wisconsin#137 · 1 in 874
- Mississippi#158 · 1 in 710
Best ever in a state: #35 in South Dakota, 1930.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #51 | 28 | 1 in 200 |
| Minnesota | #89 | 50 | 1 in 398 |
| South Dakota | #99 | 12 | 1 in 425 |
| Wisconsin | #137 | 26 | 1 in 874 |
| Mississippi | #158 | 30 | 1 in 710 |
| Iowa | #159 | 18 | 1 in 1,032 |
| Oregon | #187 | 5 | 1 in 1,082 |
| North Carolina | #194 | 33 | 1 in 1,080 |
| Utah | #196 | 5 | 1 in 912 |
| Alabama | #197 | 30 | 1 in 945 |
| Nebraska | #197 | 7 | 1 in 1,397 |
| Washington | #220 | 6 | 1 in 1,570 |
| Arkansas | #235 | 14 | 1 in 1,236 |
| Kansas | #243 | 7 | 1 in 1,777 |
| Georgia | #261 | 17 | 1 in 1,728 |
| Louisiana | #267 | 14 | 1 in 1,463 |
| West Virginia | #271 | 9 | 1 in 2,040 |
| Kentucky | #282 | 12 | 1 in 2,144 |
| Tennessee | #295 | 11 | 1 in 2,401 |
| Missouri | #314 | 9 | 1 in 2,870 |
| Virginia | #324 | 7 | 1 in 3,248 |
| Oklahoma | #397 | 6 | 1 in 3,329 |
| Texas | #408 | 20 | 1 in 2,745 |
| Ohio | #465 | 6 | 1 in 7,817 |
| California | #471 | 7 | 1 in 5,260 |
| Illinois | #560 | 5 | 1 in 10,108 |
| New York | #601 | 6 | 1 in 13,650 |
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| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 6 spots since 2024 (#566 → #560)
- 280 spots since 2020 (#840 → #560)
- 443 spots since 2015 (#1,003 → #560)
- Biggest jump: 215 spots in 2016 (#1,003 → #788)
- Biggest drop: 190 spots in 1896 (#932 → #1,122)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1927 at #270 (603 births)
- Births halved by 1942, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 76 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 76 yrs · run 1900–1963
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,977
- Highest: 1 in 1,977 girls born in 1927 were named Mavis (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,993 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 24.0% of all girls named Mavis (5,529) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 58 | #932 (1895) | #1,097 |
| 1900s | 235 | #694 (1907) | #759 |
| 1910s | 1,708 | #334 (1919) | #511 |
| 1920s | 5,529 | #270 (1927) | #278 |
| 1930s | 4,508 | #279 (1934) | #293 |
| 1940s | 2,697 | #353 (1940) | #462 |
| 1950s | 1,722 | #549 (1952) | #733 |
| 1960s | 987 | #832 (1962) | #1,206 |
| 1970s | 335 | #1,856 (1972) | #2,505 |
| 1980s | 176 | #2,975 (1983) | #4,634 |
| 1990s | 131 | #4,686 (1992) | #7,044 |
| 2000s | 128 | #7,391 (2004) | #8,483 |
| 2010s | 2,097 | #788 (2016) | #2,093 |
| 2020s | 2,704 | #560 (2025) | #666 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mavis in 1936
girls
#295
433 births · 1 in 2,403 girls
Top girls' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 2,403 of them was named Mavis, which outranked 93.9% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Mavis
Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
Fallers
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.