How Many People Are Named Mavis?
people named Mavis are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 32,519 people in the US has this name
Based on 23,150 babies named Mavis in Social Security records from 1893 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
603 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of the type of bird, also called the song thrush, ultimately derived from Old French. It was first used as a given name by the British author Marie Corelli, who used it for a character in her novel 'The Sorrows of Satan' (1895).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Mavis (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mavis alive today is about 42 years old, and 47% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mavis first appears in the records in 1893 and was given most often in 1927, to 603 babies. In 2025, 537 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1893 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mavis has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #270, in 1927. In 2025 it ranked #561.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #561 |
| Best rank | #270 (1927) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #279 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mavis alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mavis were born in California than in any other state: about 754 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mavis was given 8.4 times as often in South Dakota, 8 times in North Dakota and 4.4 times in Minnesota.
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