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Mavis

Pronounced /ˈmeɪvɪs/

Rank in 2024
#565
Born in 2024
532
Peak year
1927 · #270
Origin
English

1880 to 2024

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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 532 girls were named Mavis, about 1 in every 3,032.
  • It peaked in 1927 with 603 babies, ranked #270.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1893.
  • 22,473 girls have been named Mavis since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Mavis per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.3
    Greatest
  2. 0.4
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 6,366 babies, 0.31 per 1,000. Silent: 7,321 babies, 0.35 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,380 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen X: 659 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 250 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 262 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,158 babies, 0.20 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Coined at the end of the 19th century from mavis, a poetical name for the song thrush.

  • A female given name from English.
Origin
English
Say it
/ˈmeɪvɪs/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Mavis, CC BY-SA 4.0.