Jarvis
Last seen for girls in 1989 at #8,037 · #2,833 for boys in 2025, 44 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1988 · 600 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 17,720since 1882
Jarvis over time
Rank among boys' names. Jarvis has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,833 | 44 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,012 | 76 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,774 | 91 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,815 | 89 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,667 | 99 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,609 | 100 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,534 | 110 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,553 | 108 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,439 | 119 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,203 | 157 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,327 | 133 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,198 | 154 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,235 | 144 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,249 | 141 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,271 | 135 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,190 | 151 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,241 | 144 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,081 | 173 | |
| 2007 | — | #907 | 219 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,000 | 184 | |
| 2005 | — | #937 | 186 | |
| 2004 | — | #981 | 170 | |
| 2003 | — | #888 | 190 | |
| 2002 | — | #962 | 166 | |
| 2001 | — | #813 | 205 | |
| 2000 | — | #765 | 217 | |
| 1999 | — | #703 | 239 | |
| 1998 | — | #688 | 244 | |
| 1997 | — | #635 | 266 | |
| 1996 | — | #593 | 303 | |
| 1995 | — | #591 | 301 | |
| 1994 | — | #455 | 482 | |
| 1993 | — | #467 | 451 | |
| 1992 | — | #489 | 419 | |
| 1991 | — | #428 | 523 | |
| 1990 | — | #437 | 508 | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #357 | 635 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #347 | 600 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #386 | 497 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #356 | 533 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #389 | 461 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | #378 | 466 |
| 1983 | — | #378 | 453 | |
| 1982 | — | #425 | 386 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #409 | 403 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #456 | 340 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #480 | 296 |
| 1978 | — | #498 | 262 | |
| 1977 | — | #506 | 261 | |
| 1976 | — | #594 | 187 | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #554 | 212 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #582 | 187 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #614 | 167 |
| 1972 | — | #625 | 158 | |
| 1971 | — | #633 | 169 | |
| 1970 | — | #688 | 145 | |
| 1969 | — | #752 | 108 | |
| 1968 | — | #726 | 106 | |
| 1967 | — | #768 | 90 | |
| 1966 | — | #870 | 70 | |
| 1965 | — | #771 | 91 | |
| 1964 | — | #799 | 89 | |
| 1963 | — | #785 | 94 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #786 | 94 |
| 1961 | — | #790 | 93 | |
| 1960 | — | #733 | 110 | |
| 1959 | — | #686 | 123 | |
| 1958 | — | #686 | 121 | |
| 1957 | — | #681 | 125 | |
| 1956 | — | #785 | 89 | |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #756 | 93 |
| 1954 | — | #851 | 73 | |
| 1953 | — | #852 | 71 | |
| 1952 | — | #850 | 67 | |
| 1951 | — | #867 | 65 | |
| 1950 | — | #960 | 52 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,063 | 44 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #1,063 | 44 |
| 1947 | — | #1,014 | 50 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,382 | 26 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,270 | 27 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,004 | 42 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,258 | 30 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,026 | 43 | |
| 1941 | — | #960 | 44 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,135 | 34 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,033 | 38 | |
| 1938 | — | #834 | 55 | |
| 1937 | — | #880 | 49 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,182 | 31 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,078 | 36 | |
| 1934 | — | #982 | 42 | |
| 1933 | — | #905 | 47 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #1,025 | 42 |
| 1931 | — | #901 | 51 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,021 | 45 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,078 | 41 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #1,211 | 35 |
| 1927 | — | #951 | 53 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,144 | 39 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,053 | 43 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,020 | 48 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,157 | 38 | |
| 1922 | — | #928 | 56 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,159 | 38 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,004 | 47 | |
| 1919 | — | #999 | 46 | |
| 1918 | — | #966 | 48 | |
| 1917 | — | #919 | 48 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,096 | 35 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,124 | 33 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,388 | 19 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,146 | 20 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,417 | 12 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #928 | 12 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #968 | 8 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Jarvis! It came in at #837, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jarvis is popular in 1922
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#283 · 1 in 2,614
Best ever in a state: #50 in Mississippi, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #283 | 13 | 1 in 2,614 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jarvis
- 821 spots since 2024 (#2,012 → #2,833)
- 1,224 spots since 2020 (#1,609 → #2,833)
- 1,506 spots since 2015 (#1,327 → #2,833)
- Biggest jump: 512 spots in 1910 (#1,440 → #928)
- Biggest drop: 267 spots in 1884 (#497 → #764)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1988 at #347 (600 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1950–2007
- Highest: 1 in 3,151 boys born in 1989 were named Jarvis (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 38,820 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #347 in 1988, was only 1 in 3,190 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.9% of all boys named Jarvis (4,774) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 46 | #497 (1883) | #758 |
| 1890s | 21 | #861 (1892) | #882 |
| 1900s | 39 | #836 (1905) | #1,121 |
| 1910s | 273 | #919 (1917) | #1,109 |
| 1920s | 438 | #928 (1922) | #1,071 |
| 1930s | 436 | #834 (1938) | #984 |
| 1940s | 384 | #960 (1941) | #1,118 |
| 1950s | 879 | #681 (1957) | #797 |
| 1960s | 945 | #726 (1968) | #778 |
| 1970s | 2,044 | #480 (1979) | #577 |
| 1980s | 4,774 | #347 (1988) | #388 |
| 1990s | 3,736 | #428 (1991) | #549 |
| 2000s | 1,854 | #765 (2000) | #958 |
| 2010s | 1,352 | #1,190 (2010) | #1,320 |
| 2020s | 499 | #1,609 (2020) | #1,952 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jarvis in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
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1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 19,431 of them was named Jarvis, which outranked 81.3% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).