Meaning and history
Mavis is a name derived from the type of bird known as the song thrush, from Old French mauvis, whose origin is uncertain. It was first used as a given name by the British author Marie Corelli for a character in her novel The Sorrows of Satan (1895).
20062006: 12 births, rank #9,286
2007: 13 births, rank #9,007
2008: 11 births, rank #10,084
2009: 16 births, rank #7,679
2010: 19 births, rank #6,641
20112011: 39 births, rank #3,843
2012: 43 births, rank #3,644
2013: 167 births, rank #1,385
2014: 232 births, rank #1,100
2015: 269 births, rank #1,003
20162016: 361 births, rank #788
2017: 342 births, rank #799
2018: 304 births, rank #890
2019: 321 births, rank #840
2020: 325 births, rank #840
20212021: 378 births, rank #752
2022: 429 births, rank #681
2023: 502 births, rank #595
2024: 533 births, rank #566
20252025: 537 births, rank #560
Mavis rose from #566 to #561 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1927, with 603 births.