Is Pervis a boy or girl name?

Pervis is a boy’s name. Of the 878 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Pervis

Recorded 1892–2002 · United States

Pervis was most popular in 1965, when 21 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,150 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 878 people named Pervis.

Pervis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Pervis’s peak in 1965. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Pervis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Pervis is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 878 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were 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