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How popular is the name Mavis?
Births per year, rank history and how many Mavises are alive today.
Mavis (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 763rd in 2025 with 48 given the name. The name peaked in 1934, when around 1,500 babies were given the name, the 29th most popular that year. It has declined since 1934; the 2025 figure is roughly 3% of its peak. Numbers have been rising in recent years. At least 38,000 babies have been named Mavis in England and Wales since 1924. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Mavis you are most likely to meet is around 90 years old. Half of all Mavises born in England and Wales are between 56 and 86, and there are at least 23,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 7% chance that at least one of them will be called Mavis.
How many babies are named Mavis each year?
Where does Mavis rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Mavis most popular?
Mavis peaked in 1934, when around 1,500 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Mavis?
At least 23,000 people named Mavis born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Mavis?
Most living Mavises are between 56 and 86; the most common age is about 90.
Is Mavis becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.