# Jarvis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jarvis/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒɑɹvɪs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Jervis |
| US babies named this | 17,843 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 17,720 / 123 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 552, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A surname derived from a Middle English form of Gervase.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 5 | 5,582 |
| 1955 | 8 | 4,537 |
| 1962 | 5 | 6,962 |
| 1973 | 9 | 5,741 |
| 1974 | 6 | 8,078 |
| 1975 | 7 | 7,467 |
| 1979 | 7 | 8,383 |
| 1980 | 7 | 8,496 |
| 1981 | 5 | 11,040 |
| 1984 | 13 | 5,327 |
| 1985 | 8 | 7,853 |
| 1986 | 10 | 6,795 |
| 1987 | 5 | 12,030 |
| 1988 | 8 | 8,710 |
| 1989 | 9 | 8,310 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 135 | 1,275 |
| 2012 | 141 | 1,256 |
| 2013 | 144 | 1,236 |
| 2014 | 154 | 1,198 |
| 2015 | 133 | 1,329 |
| 2016 | 157 | 1,204 |
| 2017 | 119 | 1,443 |
| 2018 | 108 | 1,558 |
| 2019 | 110 | 1,537 |
| 2020 | 100 | 1,614 |
| 2021 | 99 | 1,673 |
| 2022 | 89 | 1,820 |
| 2023 | 91 | 1,779 |
| 2024 | 76 | 2,020 |
| 2025 | 44 | 2,858 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 1,045 |
| 2012 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2013 | 34 | 872 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1,178 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,186 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,081 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,210 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,018 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 14 | 1,798 |

## People named Jarvis

- Jarvis Cocker, English singer and musician (born 1963)
- Jarvis Varnado, American basketball player (born 1988)
- Jarvis Hayes, American basketball player
- Jarvis Landry, American football player
- Ken Miles, British racing driver (1918–1966)
- Albert J. Hopkins, American politician (1846-1922)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.