Jervis
Jervis was last recorded in 2003, when 5 babies were given it; 282 Americans have been recorded with it between 1921 and 2003 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jervis by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jervis mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jervis is “a male given name.”
A spelling variant of Jarvis, from Gervase.
/ˈdʒɑːvɪs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jervis?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #11,726, in 2003; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
12 babies in 1924, the peak
Jervis peaked in 1924, when 12 boys were given it, #2,552 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5 | #11,726 | 2.5 |
| 2001 | 5 | #11,361 | 2.6 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,638 | 4.1 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,362 | 4.0 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,699 | 3.0 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,829 | 2.6 |
| 1987 | 5 | #7,491 | 2.7 |
| 1986 | 6 | #6,283 | 3.3 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,790 | 4.4 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,871 | 3.4 |
Every recorded year (40)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 7 | #5,086 | 4.1 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,197 | 5.1 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,546 | 4.5 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,220 | 7.0 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,114 | 7.1 |
| 1970 | 7 | #4,033 | 3.8 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,436 | 4.5 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,395 | 4.0 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,438 | 3.5 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,326 | 2.5 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,456 | 3.4 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,349 | 2.4 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,410 | 3.3 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,733 | 4.6 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,359 | 3.3 |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,490 | 5.3 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,990 | 2.6 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,972 | 2.7 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,816 | 3.6 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,294 | 5.2 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,332 | 5.6 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,914 | 4.8 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,635 | 9.1 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,979 | 7.7 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,240 | 6.7 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,528 | 6.3 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,026 | 8.0 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,552 | 10.6 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,538 | 4.6 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,092 | 5.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Jervis a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jervis has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 40 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Jervis: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jervis, and how old are they?
An estimated 174 Americans named Jervis and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (62% of everyone recorded); the median is 52 years old and half are between 40 and 64. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 342 people named Jervis (13 women and girls, 329 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 191 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
More about Jervis and names like it
- The most given names of the 1920sJervis peaked in 1924.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Jervis.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Jervis alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with JMost given first.