How Many People Are Named Jarvis?

15,346

people named Jarvis are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 22,271 people in the US has this name

Based on 17,843 babies named Jarvis in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,889

💎 Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#778

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Peak Year

1989

644 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: JAHR-vis
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From a surname which was derived from the given name GERVAIS.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

GeroGervasGervasiusGeirrBRITISHGazGareyGarryGaryGervaseJervis

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.7%
Male
99.3%

Of the babies given the name Jarvis, 0.7% were girls and 99.3% were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Jarvis alive today is about 36 years old, and 61% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 44 in 2025.

Under 30 4,688
30.5%
30 to 59 9,346
60.9%
60 and over 1,312
8.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Jarvis first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1989, to 644 babies. In 2025, 44 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Jarvis has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #347, in 1988. In 2025 it ranked #2,857.

Boys
Rank in 2025#2,857
Best rank#347 (1988)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#384 in the 1980s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Jarvis alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Jarvis were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 1,879 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jarvis was given 8.3 times as often in Mississippi, 5.4 times in Georgia and 4.7 times in Alabama.

Georgia 1,879
Florida 1,555
Texas 1,392
Mississippi 1,106
Louisiana 979
Tennessee 947
Alabama 939
North Carolina 729
Illinois 602
South Carolina 586
California 364
New York 292
Virginia 163
Arkansas 153
Michigan 151
Missouri 137
Ohio 91
Wisconsin 88
Arizona 52
Pennsylvania 34
New Jersey 32
Indiana 29
Maryland 24
Oklahoma 21
Washington 15
Minnesota 15
New Mexico 10
Hawaii 9
Nebraska 6
Kansas 5
Kentucky 2

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