How rare is the name Mavis?

11,616 people in the United States have the first name Mavis, about 1 in 26,001. It ranks #2,243 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MAVIS

#2,243

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,616
About
1 in 26,001
This common or more
79.1%
Who bears it

Of the 11,616 people named Mavis, 59.6% reported their origin as White, 25.3% as Black and 6.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mavis peaked in 1927, when 603 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18932025
Peak year
1927
Births that year
603
In 2025*
537 ▼11%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 23,150 babies have been given the name since 1893. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Mavis by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #511. The largest share of babies named Mavis, 31.9%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1890s#2,07058
1900s#1,191235
1910s#7871,718
1920s#5115,597
1930s#5454,550
1940s#8392,707
1950s#1,2731,722
1960s#1,811992
1970s#3,788335
1980s#6,907176
1990s#10,835131
2000s#13,806128
2010s#2,1382,097
2020s#1,2672,704
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2727.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4531.9%
Baby boom 1946–6414.6%
Generation X 1965–802.8%
Millennials 1981–961.1%
Generation Z 1997–121.1%
2013 and later20.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Mavis is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mavis has been most common in North Dakota (11×), South Dakota (11×), and Mississippi (4.6×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.12×).

18,671 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Mavis

#2,241 Dorothea · 11,625#2,242 Lizette · 11,619#2,244 Ace · 11,608#2,245 Deb · 11,607

Also a last name

As a last name, Mavis ranks #22,518 of 156,621, with 1,171 people. See Mavis as a last name

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