Jarvis
Jarvis is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 76 births. Its best rank was 347th, in 1988.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 760.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1989635 births
- Best rank
- #347in 1988
- Since 1882
- 17,676people given the name
The story in the numbers
17,676 boys have been named Jarvis in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1989, with 635 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1987, and the 1980s alone account for 27%. It has spent 79 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Jarvis | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 46 | |
| 1890s | 21 | |
| 1900s | 39 | |
| 1910s | 273 | |
| 1920s | 438 | |
| 1930s | 436 | |
| 1940s | 384 | |
| 1950s | 879 | |
| 1960s | 945 | |
| 1970s | 2,044 | |
| 1980s | 4,774 | |
| 1990s | 3,737 | |
| 2000s | 1,853 | |
| 2010s | 1,352 | |
| 2020s | 455 |
In 1989, its biggest year
Jarvis was the 358th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1989 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and David. See all of 1989.
Names that rose and fell with Jarvis
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sherrodpeak 1991
- Terrellpeak 1989
- Raphealpeak 1990
- Caseypeak 1990
- Matthewpeak 1983
- Brentonpeak 1984
- Jorypeak 1989
- Duranpeak 1984
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.