Mavis Girl
How popular is Mavis?
#560 girl name in 2025
537 baby girls were named Mavis in the US in 2025, making it the 560th most popular girl name.
Mavis popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #560 for girls (▲ 6 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 537 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+100% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,003 in 2015, #840 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1927 (603 girls) |
| Highest rank | #270 in 1924 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1893 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Mavis counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mavis family of names ranked #525 for girls in 2025 (#530 the year before), with 556 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mavis | 537 | 97% |
| Mayvis | 19 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Mavis is most popular
Babies named Mavis per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Idaho: 1.3 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Oklahoma: 0.8 per 1,000 (61 girls)
- Alaska: 0.8 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- West Virginia: 0.8 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Indiana: 0.7 per 1,000 (105 girls)
Mavis by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 58 | #932 |
| 1900s | 235 | #694 |
| 1910s | 1,708 | #334 |
| 1920s | 5,529 | #270 |
| 1930s | 4,508 | #279 |
| 1940s | 2,697 | #353 |
| 1950s | 1,722 | #548 |
| 1960s | 987 | #832 |
| 1970s | 335 | #1,856 |
| 1980s | 176 | #2,974 |
| 1990s | 131 | #4,679 |
| 2000s | 128 | #7,386 |
| 2010s | 2,097 | #788 |
| 2020s | 2,704 | #560 |
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Questions
- Is Mavis a boy or girl name?
- Mavis is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Mavis were girls.
- How popular is the name Mavis?
- 537 baby girls were named Mavis in the US in 2025, making it the 560th most popular girl name.
- When was Mavis most popular?
- Mavis peaked in 1927, when 603 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #270, held for 2 years starting in 1924.
- How many people are named Mavis?
- 23,150 babies have been named Mavis in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,922 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 55.
- Where is Mavis most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mavis was most common in Idaho, at 1.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.