Boys' name · peaked in 1989
Jarvis name popularity since 1925
17,237 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jarvis (0.7% girls, 99.3% boys). Half of them were born in 1988 or earlier, so the typical Jarvis is about 38 years old in 2026. Jarvis peaked in 1989 as the #358 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 17,237
- Named Jarvis, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,858 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.3% boys
- 123 girls · 17,114 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 7.11× its national share
Peak year is the year Jarvis made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Jarvis births per year, 1925–2025
1989 was the biggest year for Jarvis both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1969 and 1974, Jarvis became 2× more common, from 1 in 16,600 baby boys to 1 in 8,410.
- Steepest fall: Between 1994 and 1999, its share of baby boys fell by 50%, from 1 in 4,010 to 1 in 8,030.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jarvis's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jarvis.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jarvis in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 6 | 211 | – |
| 1930s | 5 | 436 | #1,088 |
| 1940s | 5 | 384 | #1,285 |
| 1950s | 8 | 879 | #758 |
| 1960s | 5 | 945 | #774 |
| 1970s | 29 | 2,044 | #554 |
| 1980s | 65 | 4,774 | #390 |
| 1990s | 0 | 3,736 | #592 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1,854 | #943 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,352 | #1,329 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 499 | #2,858 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
43.4% of babies named Jarvis from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Jarvis is most popular
The index compares Jarvis's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jarvis.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 7.11× | 1,173 |
| Georgia | 5.30× | 1,995 |
| Louisiana | 4.26× | 1,041 |
| Alabama | 4.15× | 1,000 |
| Tennessee | 3.52× | 1,011 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jarvis's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jarvis.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jarvis (1989).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data