Narvis — girls' name
19 babies named Narvis in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
68% of everyone ever named Narvis was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Narvis in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Narvis
The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Narvis between 1921 and 1950, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Narvis currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1950. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Narvis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Narvis shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Narvis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Narvis in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 19 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Narvis at a glance
Last recorded 1950Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Narvis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1921
- Peak year (1927)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1950.
19 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 7 births in a single year.
Narvis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 13 births that decade — 68% of Narvis's all-time total
Narvis decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Narvis's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
Narvis by state
Where Narvis concentrates geographically — total births since 1921
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 5 | 26.3% |
5 of 19 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- South Carolina 26.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
South Carolina accounts for 26.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1921–1950 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.