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Jarvis

Gender
Boy
Say it
JAR-vis
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#1,859 for boys
US rank, 2025
#2,832 for boys

Jarvis is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies) and 2,832nd for boys in the US (44 babies).

What does Jarvis mean?

English: English surname from the medieval name Gervase

Gervase, the source of the surname, honours Saint Gervasius, an early Christian martyr of Milan.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Jarvis a girl's or a boy's name?

Jarvis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK and 44 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jarvis in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,859th among boys
Babies in 2025
14 about 1 in 21,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 25% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Jarvis, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 40 boys.

2025 had more boys named Jarvis than any year since 2019.

Half of all the boys named Jarvis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 40 in 19962025
Jarvis in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202514#1,859
20249#2,515
202310#2,303
202211#2,143
202110#2,257
202010#2,185
201918#1,479
201816#1,638
201722#1,290
201626#1,163
201524#1,202
201422#1,260
201335#919
201224#1,199
201125#1,125
201018#1,452
200918#1,391
200814#1,599
200717#1,399
200614#1,487
200511#1,701
200420#1,071
200330#773
200214#1,193
200118#978
200017#990
19999#1,451
199821#818
199731#611
199640#494

How popular is Jarvis in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,832nd among boys
Babies in 2025
44 about 1 in 39,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 34% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 44 boys in the US were named Jarvis, making it the 2,832nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,609th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 635 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.

2025 had fewer boys named Jarvis than any year since 1949.

Half of all the boys named Jarvis in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.

1882Busiest: 635 in 19892025
Jarvis in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202544#2,832
202476#2,012
202391#1,774
202289#1,815
202199#1,667
2020100#1,609
2019110#1,534
2018108#1,553
2017119#1,439
2016157#1,203
2015133#1,327
2014154#1,198
2013144#1,235
2012141#1,249
2011135#1,271
2010151#1,190
2009144#1,241
2008173#1,081
2007219#907
2006184#1,000
2005186#937
2004170#980
2003190#887
2002166#961
2001205#812
2000217#764
1999239#701
1998244#688
1997266#635
1996303#593
1995301#590
1994482#455
1993451#467
1992419#489
1991523#428
1990508#436
1989635#357
1988600#347
1987497#386
1986533#356
1985461#389
1984466#378
1983453#378
1982386#425
1981403#409
1980340#456
1979296#480
1978262#498
1977261#506
1976187#594
1975212#554
1974187#582
1973167#614
1972158#625
1971169#633
1970145#688
1969108#752
1968106#726
196790#768
196670#870
196591#771
196489#799
196394#785
196294#785
196193#789
1960110#732
1959123#685
1958121#685
1957125#680
195689#784
195593#755
195473#850
195371#851
195267#849
195165#866
195052#959
194944#1,062
194844#1,062
194750#1,013
194626#1,381
194527#1,269
194442#1,004
194330#1,258
194243#1,026
194144#960
194034#1,135
193938#1,033
193855#834
193749#880
193631#1,182
193536#1,078
193442#982
193347#905
193242#1,025
193151#901
193045#1,021
192941#1,078
192835#1,211
192753#951
192639#1,144
192543#1,053
192448#1,020
192338#1,157
192256#928
192138#1,159
192047#1,004
191946#999
191848#966
191748#919
191635#1,096
191533#1,124
191419#1,388
191320#1,146
191212#1,416
19110–
191012#927
19095#1,439
19080–
19075#1,344
19060–
19059#836
19045#1,204
19030–
19027#932
19010–
19008#967
18990–
18987#884
18970–
18967#899
18950–
18940–
18930–
18927#860
18910–
18900–
18896#878
18887#815
18870–
18867#758
18850–
18847#764
188313#497
18826#836

Names like Jarvis

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Jarvis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jarvis, updated 20 October 2026.