Mavis
Girl · MAY-vis · English
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Mavis is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “song thrush”. In 2025 it ranked 776th for girls in the UK (51 babies) and 560th for girls in the US (537 babies).
What does Mavis mean?
English
“song thrush”
From an old word for the song thrush, first used as a name in Marie Corelli's 1895 novel The Sorrows of Satan.
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Is Mavis a girl's or a boy's name?
Mavis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 51 girls in the UK and 537 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mavis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 51about 1 in 5,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 162% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 51 girls in the UK were named Mavis, making it the 776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 64 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mavis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 60 girls in the UK were given Mavis or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #636, up from #776 for this spelling alone.
- Mavis 51
- Maevis 9
Among girls in 2025, it was 763rd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1924 (#83), 1934 (#29) and 1944 (#66).
Mavis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #776 |
| 2024 | 64 | #645 |
| 2023 | 50 | #781 |
| 2022 | 43 | #878 |
| 2021 | 34 | #1,078 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,526 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,439 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
How popular is Mavis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #560among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 537about 1 in 3,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 537 girls in the US were named Mavis, making it the 560th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 840th. Its busiest year was 1927, with 603 girls. It first appears in the records in 1893.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had more girls named Mavis than any year since 1929.
Half of all the girls named Mavis in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1966, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 628 girls in the US were given Mavis or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #500, up from #560 for this spelling alone.
Mavis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 537 | #560 |
| 2024 | 533 | #566 |
| 2023 | 502 | #595 |
| 2022 | 429 | #681 |
| 2021 | 378 | #752 |
| 2020 | 325 | #840 |
| 2019 | 321 | #840 |
| 2018 | 304 | #890 |
| 2017 | 342 | #799 |
| 2016 | 361 | #788 |
| 2015 | 269 | #1,003 |
| 2014 | 232 | #1,100 |
| 2013 | 167 | #1,385 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,643 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 28 | #2,974 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,411 |
| 1979 | 28 | #2,997 |
| 1978 | 32 | #2,629 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,266 |
| 1976 | 29 | #2,663 |
| 1975 | 27 | #2,743 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,008 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,913 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,856 |
| 1971 | 40 | #2,064 |
| 1970 | 45 | #1,904 |
| 1969 | 37 | #2,058 |
| 1968 | 56 | #1,519 |
| 1967 | 61 | #1,416 |
| 1966 | 76 | #1,232 |
| 1965 | 70 | #1,292 |
| 1964 | 114 | #1,001 |
| 1963 | 125 | #944 |
| 1962 | 159 | #832 |
| 1961 | 155 | #848 |
| 1960 | 134 | #915 |
| 1959 | 136 | #890 |
| 1958 | 118 | #950 |
| 1957 | 163 | #789 |
| 1956 | 143 | #825 |
| 1955 | 171 | #725 |
| 1954 | 187 | #682 |
| 1953 | 189 | #651 |
| 1952 | 244 | #548 |
| 1951 | 162 | #685 |
| 1950 | 209 | #577 |
| 1949 | 220 | #560 |
| 1948 | 232 | #540 |
| 1947 | 288 | #484 |
| 1946 | 231 | #519 |
| 1945 | 229 | #476 |
| 1944 | 273 | #435 |
| 1943 | 280 | #444 |
| 1942 | 288 | #425 |
| 1941 | 323 | #379 |
| 1940 | 333 | #353 |
| 1939 | 389 | #314 |
| 1938 | 388 | #314 |
| 1937 | 452 | #292 |
| 1936 | 433 | #295 |
| 1935 | 406 | #303 |
| 1934 | 485 | #279 |
| 1933 | 458 | #282 |
| 1932 | 494 | #280 |
| 1931 | 472 | #286 |
| 1930 | 531 | #282 |
| 1929 | 540 | #276 |
| 1928 | 547 | #280 |
| 1927 | 603 | #270 |
| 1926 | 556 | #280 |
| 1925 | 579 | #277 |
| 1924 | 581 | #270 |
| 1923 | 546 | #276 |
| 1922 | 538 | #278 |
| 1921 | 552 | #282 |
| 1920 | 487 | #295 |
| 1919 | 364 | #334 |
| 1918 | 290 | #385 |
| 1917 | 236 | #412 |
| 1916 | 226 | #413 |
| 1915 | 264 | #372 |
| 1914 | 119 | #511 |
| 1913 | 81 | #567 |
| 1912 | 58 | #659 |
| 1911 | 33 | #754 |
| 1910 | 37 | #698 |
| 1909 | 30 | #731 |
| 1908 | 28 | #729 |
| 1907 | 30 | #694 |
| 1906 | 26 | #716 |
| 1905 | 18 | #872 |
| 1904 | 22 | #755 |
| 1903 | 18 | #813 |
| 1902 | 23 | #716 |
| 1901 | 21 | #699 |
| 1900 | 19 | #860 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,034 |
| 1898 | 13 | #963 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,094 |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,122 |
| 1895 | 12 | #932 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
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