Is Marvis a boy or girl name?

Marvis is a unisex name. Of the 2,468 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 55.4% were girls and 44.6% were boys. It changed hands in 1969, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Marvis

Recorded 1914–2018 · United States

Marvis was most popular in 1924, when 58 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,849 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,468 people named Marvis.

Marvis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Marvis’s peak in 1924. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Marvis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Marvis is a unisex name — 55.4% of the 2,468 Americans given it were girls and 44.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 1969 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org