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Mavis Name Popularity

How popular is the name Mavis? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 8 0.0023%
1911 — 13 0.0035%
1912 — 26 0.0052%
1913 — 38 0.0067%
1914 — 79 0.0113%
1915 — 212 0.0233%
1916 — 190 0.0197%
1917 — 194 0.0194%
1918 — 246 0.0229%
1919 — 316 0.0302%
1920 — 449 0.0404%
1921 — 525 0.0458%
1922 — 496 0.0445%
1923 — 507 0.0453%
1924 — 544 0.0468%
1925 — 535 0.0473%
1926 — 522 0.0475%
1927 — 556 0.0502%
1928 — 523 0.0489%
1929 — 493 0.0476%
1930 — 490 0.0469%
1931 — 442 0.0448%
1932 — 466 0.0472%
1933 — 415 0.0445%
1934 — 445 0.046%
1935 — 368 0.0379%
1936 — 400 0.0415%
1937 — 432 0.0438%
1938 — 346 0.0338%
1939 — 342 0.0336%
1940 — 291 0.0274%
1941 — 279 0.0248%
1942 — 241 0.0191%
1943 — 239 0.0183%
1944 — 231 0.0186%
1945 — 183 0.015%
1946 — 185 0.0125%
1947 — 247 0.0148%
1948 — 195 0.0122%
1949 — 163 0.0101%
1950 — 154 0.0096%
1951 — 113 0.0067%
1952 — 187 0.0107%
1953 — 123 0.0069%
1954 — 120 0.0066%
1955 — 123 0.0067%
1956 — 88 0.0047%
1957 — 111 0.0058%
1958 — 70 0.0037%
1959 — 69 0.0036%
1960 — 78 0.0041%
1961 — 100 0.0053%
1962 — 104 0.0057%
1963 — 62 0.0035%
1964 — 70 0.004%
1965 — 22 0.0013%
1966 — 28 0.0018%
1967 — 12 0.0008%
1968 — 9 0.0006%
1969 — 0 0%
1970 — 5 0.0003%
1971 — 6 0.0004%
1972 — 0 0%
1973 — 5 0.0004%
1974 — 0 0%
1975 — 0 0%
1976 — 6 0.0005%
1977 — 0 0%
1978 — 5 0.0004%
1979 — 5 0.0004%
1980 — 0 0%
1981 — 0 0%
1982 — 0 0%
1983 — 5 0.0003%
1984 — 0 0%
1985 — 0 0%
1986 — 0 0%
1987 — 0 0%
1988 — 0 0%
1989 — 0 0%
1990 — 0 0%
1991 — 0 0%
1992 — 0 0%
1993 — 0 0%
1994 — 0 0%
1995 — 0 0%
1996 — 0 0%
1997 — 0 0%
1998 — 0 0%
1999 — 0 0%
2000 — 0 0%
2001 — 0 0%
2002 — 0 0%
2003 — 0 0%
2004 — 0 0%
2005 — 0 0%
2006 — 0 0%
2007 — 0 0%
2008 — 0 0%
2009 — 0 0%
2010 — 0 0%
2011 — 16 0.0011%
2012 — 19 0.0013%
2013 — 113 0.0079%
2014 — 165 0.0113%
2015 — 211 0.0145%
2016 — 310 0.0215%
2017 — 286 0.0205%
2018 — 260 0.0189%
2019 — 263 0.0194%
2020 — 260 0.0204%
2021 — 317 0.0259%
2022 — 375 0.0284%
2023 — 462 0.0357%

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Avis

Songbird

French

Mab

Joy, hilarity; baby

Welsh

Maci

From Massy

English

Macie

Weapon

French

Maisa

Table

Spanish

Maisy

Pearl

Greek

Maris

Of the sea

Latin

Marisa

Of the sea

Latin

Marise

Infinite, endless

Japanese

Marris

Of the sea

Latin

Marys

Of the sea

Latin

Mave

Joy, hilarity; baby

Welsh

Mavina

Smooth brow

English

Mavra

Star of the sea

Latin

Maxi

Greatest

Latin

Maxie

Greatest

Latin

Mazie

English

Meris

Of the sea

Latin

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2 Comments

  1. Mavis is a girl name in Turkish. It means blue eyed blonde girl. As spelling a bit different, since there is a dot under s. It sounds like ” mauvish”

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  2. Its a old name, with some great tradition, means songbird.

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