Marvis
Marvis was last recorded in 2018, when 7 babies were given it; 2,468 Americans have been recorded with it between 1914 and 2018 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,300 Americans named Marvis and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (53% of everyone recorded); the median is 62 years old and half are between 45 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marvis by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Marvis mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Marvis is “a male given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Marvis?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #10,764, in 1978; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
58 babies in 1924, the peak
Marvis peaked in 1924, when 58 babies were given it (43 girls, #1,216 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | under 5 | 7 | #10,353 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 7 | #10,348 | |
| 2015 | under 5 | 6 | #11,602 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 6 | #11,633 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 5 | #13,357 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 5 | #13,503 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 8 | #9,311 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 10 | #7,969 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 7 | #10,257 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 10 | #7,468 |
Every recorded year (100)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | under 5 | 9 | #7,949 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 8 | #8,337 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 6 | #10,203 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 5 | #11,691 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 9 | #7,193 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 5 | #10,696 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 7 | #7,817 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 6 | #8,608 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 8 | #6,761 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 8 | #6,762 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 6 | #8,305 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 7 | #7,139 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 13 | #4,385 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 6 | #7,751 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 15 | #3,745 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 8 | #5,533 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 14 | #3,447 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 21 | #2,574 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 23 | #2,335 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 26 | #2,077 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 37 | #1,618 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 15 | #3,053 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 22 | #2,306 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 27 | #2,034 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 22 | #2,287 | |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,764 | 18 | #2,532 |
| 1977 | under 5 | 12 | #3,308 | |
| 1976 | 8 | #7,017 | 14 | #2,908 |
| 1975 | under 5 | 10 | #3,581 | |
| 1974 | 5 | #9,655 | 14 | #2,753 |
| 1973 | 7 | #7,120 | 16 | #2,465 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,688 | 8 | #3,836 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,834 | 22 | #1,964 |
| 1970 | under 5 | 15 | #2,467 | |
| 1969 | 6 | #7,140 | 19 | #1,955 |
| 1968 | 7 | #6,017 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,503 | 9 | #2,908 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,377 | 12 | #2,409 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,362 | 14 | #2,231 |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,793 | 9 | #2,984 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,742 | 13 | #2,373 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,379 | 11 | #2,614 |
| 1961 | 22 | #2,650 | 15 | #2,205 |
| 1960 | 24 | #2,483 | 9 | #3,002 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,831 | 11 | #2,617 |
| 1958 | 21 | #2,552 | 9 | #2,957 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,890 | 11 | #2,592 |
| 1956 | 23 | #2,356 | 10 | #2,731 |
| 1955 | 28 | #2,048 | 12 | #2,389 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,898 | 14 | #2,176 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,851 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,809 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,947 | 7 | #3,251 |
| 1950 | 33 | #1,642 | 14 | #2,080 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,189 | 10 | #2,553 |
| 1948 | 21 | #2,163 | 9 | #2,722 |
| 1947 | 32 | #1,709 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,899 | 9 | #2,636 |
| 1945 | 25 | #1,686 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,592 | 12 | #2,151 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,457 | 8 | #2,876 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,954 | 10 | #2,476 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,999 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,726 | 12 | #2,150 |
| 1939 | 34 | #1,286 | 11 | #2,249 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,463 | 13 | #2,062 |
| 1937 | 28 | #1,406 | 12 | #2,160 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,365 | 14 | #1,937 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,501 | 8 | #2,862 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,308 | 8 | #2,873 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,754 | 12 | #2,176 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,926 | 8 | #3,012 |
| 1931 | 23 | #1,622 | 7 | #3,293 |
| 1930 | 40 | #1,190 | 9 | #2,927 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,930 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1928 | 33 | #1,357 | 7 | #3,586 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,709 | 17 | #2,006 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,348 | 12 | #2,508 |
| 1925 | 38 | #1,285 | 17 | #1,981 |
| 1924 | 43 | #1,216 | 15 | #2,185 |
| 1923 | 19 | #2,067 | 13 | #2,404 |
| 1922 | 29 | #1,561 | 7 | #3,743 |
| 1921 | 29 | #1,564 | 5 | #4,742 |
| 1920 | 34 | #1,366 | 10 | #2,894 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,634 | 7 | #3,623 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,773 | under 5 | |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,278 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,602 | 7 | #3,385 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,717 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,977 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Marvis a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,468 Americans recorded as Marvis, 55% are girls and 45% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Marvis: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marvis, and how old are they?
1,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 53% of the 2,468 Americans ever recorded as Marvis. The median Marvis alive today is 62 years old; half are between 45 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 1,463 people named Marvis (777 women and girls, 686 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,495 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 174 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 481 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 298 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 222 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 87 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 31 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Marvis
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Marvis and names like it
- Compare Marvis and VernellBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMarvis peaked in 1924.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Marvis since 1910.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Marvis.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Marvis alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.