Marvis
- Last seen for girls in 1978 at #9,750
- Last seen for boys in 2018 at #9,670
- Given to girls 55.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1930 · 40 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,366since 1914
Marvis over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,767 | 8 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #7,281 | 7 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,407 | 8 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,618 | 15 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,510 | 21 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,293 | 23 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,036 | 26 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,594 | 37 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,972 | 15 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,270 | 22 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,003 | 27 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,236 | 22 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | — | #3,203 | 12 | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #1,916 | 22 |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #1,914 | 19 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #2,608 | 22 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #2,024 | 28 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #1,875 | 31 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #1,834 | 30 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #1,781 | 31 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #1,921 | 26 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #1,626 | 33 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #2,126 | 21 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #1,697 | 32 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #1,860 | 24 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #1,660 | 25 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #1,578 | 27 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #1,442 | 33 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #1,917 | 20 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #1,265 | 34 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #1,437 | 27 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #1,389 | 28 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #1,345 | 29 | #1,872 | 14 |
| 1935 | #1,483 | 25 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #1,292 | 31 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #1,723 | 20 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #1,594 | 23 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #1,181 | 40 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #1,892 | 19 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #1,338 | 33 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #1,669 | 25 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #1,325 | 35 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #1,272 | 38 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #1,206 | 43 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | #2,021 | 19 | #2,331 | 13 |
| 1922 | #1,536 | 29 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #1,543 | 29 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #1,349 | 34 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #1,604 | 25 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #1,672 | 20 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | — | |
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First appearance
1914
The first year at least five girls were named Marvis! It came in at #1,896, and was given to 13 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1970, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Marvis is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Marvis in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Marvis
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1978
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1930 at #1,181 (40 births)
- Births halved by 1932, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 28,148
- Highest: 1 in 28,148 girls born in 1930 were named Marvis (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 306,372 girls born in 1978 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 22.3% of all girls named Marvis (304) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1973
- Mostly girls until 1972, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 97 | #1,604 (1919) | #2,091 |
| 1920s | 304 | #1,206 (1924) | #1,515 |
| 1930s | 275 | #1,181 (1930) | #1,459 |
| 1940s | 243 | #1,442 (1943) | #1,805 |
| 1950s | 258 | #1,626 (1950) | #2,147 |
| 1960s | 143 | #2,432 (1960) | #3,874 |
| 1970s | 46 | #4,523 (1972) | #6,978 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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