Pervis — boys' name

What the Data Says About Pervis

The Social Security Administration has registered 878 babies named Pervis between 1892 and 2002, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pervis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pervis performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Pervis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Pervis in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pervis 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 878 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.