Boys' name · since 1972
Charvis
179 babies named Charvis in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,633 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 179
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Charvis sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 179 recorded since 1972.
Charvis has 179 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2012.
- #13,633 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 179 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charvis ranks #13,633 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 179 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,633 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 179
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Charvis's 179 recorded births place it above 69.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Charvis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Charvis splits its recorded history at 1989: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Charvis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2012
- Peak year (1989)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2012.
179 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 11 births in a single year.
Charvis by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (68 births, 38% of the file).
1980s was Charvis's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Charvis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
31 births
- 1980s
1980s
68 births
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 68 births (38% of all-time use).
Charvis decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Charvis's data
- Charvis's decade-level peak was the 1980s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Charvis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~40 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1972–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Charvis draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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