Boys' name · since 1921
Jervis
Since 1921, U.S. Social Security records show 282 babies named Jervis, peaking in 1924. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #10,956 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 282
- born since 1921
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jervis sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 282 recorded since 1921.
Jervis has 282 recorded births among boys since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 2003.
- #10,956 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 282 born since 1921
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jervis ranks #10,956 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 282 born since 1921, peaking in the 1970s.
- #10,956 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 282
- born since 1921
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jervis's 282 recorded births place it above 75.87% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jervis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jervis splits its recorded history at 1963: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1923 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1924 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jervis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–2003
- Peak year (1924)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 83 years of records
Jervis by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (51 births, 18% of the file).
1970s was Jervis's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Jervis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
39 births
- 1930s
1930s
35 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s
1950s
45 births
- 1960s
1960s
39 births
- 1970s
1970s
51 births
- 1980s
1980s
30 births
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 51 births (18% of all-time use).
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- Jervis's decade-level peak was the 1970s (51 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2000s -- 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 Jervis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1924)
Similar record span (~82 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, 1921–2003 (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 Jervis 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.