girls:
1.4k births since 1914
#4360 (24th percentile)
boys:
1.1k births since 1915
#3499 (24th percentile)
overall:
2.5k births since 1914
#5365 (31st percentile)
The name Marvis is the #5,365 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,468 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 30.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 30.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,360 (23.7% percentile) for all time with 1,366 births since 1914. For boys, it ranks #3,499 (23.7% percentile) for all time with 1,102 births since 1915.
Marvis first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for girls and 1915 for boys). Birth data for Marvis is available in 100 out of the 105 years between 1914 and 2018 (98 years for boys and 62 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Marvis has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (55.3% of all recorded births). In 2018, 0.0% of babies named Marvis were girls. Interestingly, until around 1969, the name was more popular for girls (70.5% girls from 1914 to 1968), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (91.4% boys from 1969 to 2018).
For girls, Marvis reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 6.2% percentile (ranked #572) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 1930, with 34 births per million (ranked 5.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1978.
For boys, Marvis reached its peak popularity in 1983, achieving the 4.7% percentile (ranked #655) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 20 births per million (ranked 4.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2018.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marvis".
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