Mavis
Mavis was given to 537 girls in 2025, #561 among girls’ names; 23,150 Americans have been recorded with it since 1893 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 10,300 Americans named Mavis and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (44% of everyone recorded); the median is 44 years old and half are between 6 and 77.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mavis by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mavis mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mavis is “a female given name from English.”
Coined at the end of the 19th century from mavis, a poetical name for the song thrush.
/ˈmeɪvɪs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mavis?
#561 among girls’ names, 2025
Mavis rose from #1,004 in 2015 to #561 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.15 to 0.33 per 1,000.
603 babies in 1927, the peak
Mavis peaked in 1927, when 603 girls were given it, #270 among girls’ names. The 537 births of 2025 are 89% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 537 | #561 | 0.33 |
| 2024 | 533 | #566 | 0.33 |
| 2023 | 502 | #595 | 0.31 |
| 2022 | 429 | #682 | 0.26 |
| 2021 | 378 | #755 | 0.23 |
| 2020 | 325 | #841 | 0.20 |
| 2019 | 321 | #842 | 0.19 |
| 2018 | 304 | #890 | 0.18 |
| 2017 | 342 | #800 | 0.20 |
| 2016 | 361 | #790 | 0.20 |
Every recorded year (132)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 269 | #1,004 | 0.15 |
| 2014 | 232 | #1,103 | 0.13 |
| 2013 | 167 | #1,389 | 0.10 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,687 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,885 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,808 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,942 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,541 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,362 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,694 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 12 | #9,239 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,687 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 13 | #8,315 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,634 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,542 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,359 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 10 | #9,236 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,953 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,530 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,593 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,493 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,551 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,854 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,791 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,841 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,725 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,726 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,785 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,485 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 12 | #6,010 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,558 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,888 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 28 | #3,036 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,717 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,106 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,465 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 28 | #3,043 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 32 | #2,659 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,334 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 29 | #2,702 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 27 | #2,782 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,057 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,932 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,874 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 40 | #2,088 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 45 | #1,924 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 37 | #2,088 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 56 | #1,531 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 61 | #1,422 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 76 | #1,236 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 70 | #1,299 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 114 | #1,005 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 125 | #946 | 0.06 |
| 1962 | 159 | #836 | 0.08 |
| 1961 | 155 | #853 | 0.08 |
| 1960 | 134 | #918 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 136 | #891 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 118 | #952 | 0.06 |
| 1957 | 163 | #791 | 0.08 |
| 1956 | 143 | #828 | 0.07 |
| 1955 | 171 | #725 | 0.09 |
| 1954 | 187 | #684 | 0.10 |
| 1953 | 189 | #653 | 0.10 |
| 1952 | 244 | #550 | 0.13 |
| 1951 | 162 | #686 | 0.09 |
| 1950 | 209 | #578 | 0.12 |
| 1949 | 220 | #562 | 0.13 |
| 1948 | 232 | #541 | 0.14 |
| 1947 | 288 | #484 | 0.16 |
| 1946 | 231 | #519 | 0.15 |
| 1945 | 229 | #477 | 0.18 |
| 1944 | 273 | #436 | 0.21 |
| 1943 | 280 | #446 | 0.20 |
| 1942 | 288 | #425 | 0.21 |
| 1941 | 323 | #379 | 0.27 |
| 1940 | 333 | #354 | 0.29 |
| 1939 | 389 | #314 | 0.35 |
| 1938 | 388 | #316 | 0.35 |
| 1937 | 452 | #292 | 0.42 |
| 1936 | 433 | #295 | 0.42 |
| 1935 | 406 | #304 | 0.39 |
| 1934 | 485 | #279 | 0.46 |
| 1933 | 458 | #282 | 0.45 |
| 1932 | 494 | #280 | 0.46 |
| 1931 | 472 | #286 | 0.44 |
| 1930 | 531 | #282 | 0.47 |
| 1929 | 540 | #277 | 0.48 |
| 1928 | 547 | #280 | 0.47 |
| 1927 | 603 | #270 | 0.51 |
| 1926 | 556 | #280 | 0.47 |
| 1925 | 579 | #277 | 0.48 |
| 1924 | 581 | #271 | 0.47 |
| 1923 | 546 | #276 | 0.45 |
| 1922 | 538 | #278 | 0.45 |
| 1921 | 552 | #282 | 0.45 |
| 1920 | 487 | #295 | 0.41 |
| 1919 | 364 | #334 | 0.32 |
| 1918 | 290 | #385 | 0.25 |
| 1917 | 236 | #413 | 0.22 |
| 1916 | 226 | #414 | 0.22 |
| 1915 | 264 | #372 | 0.27 |
| 1914 | 119 | #513 | 0.16 |
| 1913 | 81 | #570 | 0.13 |
| 1912 | 58 | #662 | 0.10 |
| 1911 | 33 | #761 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 37 | #701 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 30 | #742 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 28 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1907 | 30 | #699 | 0.09 |
| 1906 | 26 | #728 | 0.09 |
| 1905 | 18 | #890 | 0.06 |
| 1904 | 22 | #768 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 18 | #827 | 0.07 |
| 1902 | 23 | #731 | 0.09 |
| 1901 | 21 | #716 | 0.09 |
| 1900 | 19 | #877 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,072 | 0.04 |
| 1898 | 13 | #999 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,138 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,181 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 12 | #963 | 0.05 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,576 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Mavis a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mavis has been given almost only to girls: 135 boys in 132 years of records.
Girls and boys named Mavis: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mavis, and how old are they?
10,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 44% of the 23,150 Americans ever recorded as Mavis. The median Mavis alive today is 44 years old; half are between 6 and 77.
The 2020 Census counted 11,616 people named Mavis (11,521 women and girls, 95 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 9,621 born in the U.S. The Census count is 21% above 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.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,880 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,560 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 606 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 243 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 259 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,670 |
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).
Where are babies named Mavis born?
The states with the most babies named Mavis are Minnesota, Texas and Alabama, with 23% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Minnesota and Alabama are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 1,598 | #390 | 3.3× |
| Texas | 1,457 | #612 | 0.9× |
| Alabama | 1,286 | #691 | 2.2× |
| North Carolina | 1,186 | #528 | 1.5× |
| Mississippi | 1,111 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| California | 950 | #692 | 0.6× |
| Wisconsin | 839 | #321 | 1.6× |
| North Dakota | 703 | #183 | 5.2× |
| South Dakota | 685 | not ranked | 5.5× |
| Iowa | 638 | #423 | 1.6× |
Where Mavis is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Mavis is most over-represented in South Dakota: since 1910 it was given 5.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Mavis with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 23,772 babies since 1880, Mavis is the most given (97% of them). In 2025 it was given to 537 of their 628 babies (86%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Mavis
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 Mavis and names like it
- Compare Mavis and MaevisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMavis peaked in 1927.
- Minnesota’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mavis since 1910.
- English namesWiktionary’s origin for Mavis: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1927The year the most babies were named Mavis.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Mavis alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.