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Marvis

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Literal meaning not recorded

Marvis has been given to 2,468 babies in the U.S. since 1914. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1924, with 43 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 55% girls, 45% boys all-time.

Babies named Marvis, 1978

1 in 635,000

Marvis over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Marvis over time

In 2018, Marvis went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19142018

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Marvis: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Marvis means

Marvis is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Marvis is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,366 girls were recorded with the name Marvis between 1914 and 1978. Its highest annual count was 43 in 1924; its best national rank was #1,190 in 1930.

In the United States, 1,102 boys were recorded with the name Marvis between 1915 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 37 in 1983; its best national rank was #1,618 in 1983.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Marvis?

Marvis had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1978, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1978
1 in 635,000
5 of 3,173,639 births
Among girls only
1 in 306,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 1978
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
439,961 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Marvis sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1978 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 439,961 children born in 1978 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Marvis. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Marviss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Marvis was born before 1940 — so the typical Marvis is around 85 today.

Median birth year
1940
About 85 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
22.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
23.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
447
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 22.3% of all recorded uses (304).

Is Marvis rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1924 (43)
Years since peak
101
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,190
1930

Spellings of Marvis

Marvis is not the most common spelling — Maria is, with 34.8% against Marvis's 0.08%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Marvis is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Marvis was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 582,442 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 100,000
  2. 2Minnesota1 in 100,000
  3. 3South Dakota1 in 100,000
  4. 4California1 in —
  5. 5Iowa1 in —
  6. 6Louisiana1 in —
  7. 7North Carolina1 in —
  8. 8Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Marvis has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Marvis is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Marvis was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 885,548 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in —
  2. 2Mississippi1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Marvis has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Marvis by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,190
1930
Peak year
1924
43 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
1978
All-time count
1,366
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,618
1983
Peak year
1983
37 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2018
All-time count
1,102
Count in 2025
Under 5

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