# Mavis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mavis/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmeɪvɪs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Mamie |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 23,150 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 135 / 23,015 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 348, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 3,886 |
| 2012 | 43 | 3,688 |
| 2013 | 167 | 1,389 |
| 2014 | 232 | 1,103 |
| 2015 | 269 | 1,004 |
| 2016 | 361 | 790 |
| 2017 | 342 | 800 |
| 2018 | 304 | 890 |
| 2019 | 321 | 842 |
| 2020 | 325 | 841 |
| 2021 | 378 | 755 |
| 2022 | 429 | 682 |
| 2023 | 502 | 595 |
| 2024 | 533 | 566 |
| 2025 | 537 | 561 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 10 | 2,879 |
| 1924 | 7 | 3,720 |
| 1925 | 9 | 3,060 |
| 1926 | 7 | 3,607 |
| 1929 | 9 | 2,893 |
| 1930 | 6 | 3,861 |
| 1931 | 6 | 3,633 |
| 1932 | 6 | 3,629 |
| 1933 | 6 | 3,513 |
| 1935 | 8 | 2,864 |
| 1937 | 5 | 3,853 |
| 1938 | 5 | 3,858 |
| 1941 | 5 | 3,830 |
| 1949 | 5 | 4,038 |
| 1964 | 5 | 4,424 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 22 | 1,389 |
| 2020 | 21 | 1,449 |
| 2021 | 34 | 1,007 |
| 2022 | 40 | 876 |
| 2023 | 49 | 734 |
| 2024 | 64 | 610 |
| 2025 | 48 | 763 |

## People named Mavis

- Mavis Staples, American singer
- Mavis Gallant, Canadian writer (1922–2014)
- Mavis Freeman, American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1918–1988)
- Mavis Batey, British cryptoanalyst, diplomat and garden historian (1921-2013)
- Judith Durham, Australian singer and musician (1943–2022)

## 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.