Garvis · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Garvis.

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Its story

Popularity since 1913

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 42 recorded years as a table

Garvis, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1913	12
1915	9
1916	8
1917	11
1918	13
1919	10
1920	13
1921	10
1922	11
1923	9
1924	10
1925	6
1926	10
1927	6
1928	8
1929	13
1930	5
1931	8
1932	7
1933	8
1934	6
1935	9
1936	10
1937	8
1938	7
1939	5
1940	6
1941	6
1942	7
1943	6
1944	5
1946	6
1947	4
1948	4
1949	3
1951	4
1954	3
1955	2
1956	4
1957	3
1961	3
1962	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Garvis isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1962: 6
Rank in 1962: #3,640
How rare: 1 in 344,795 boys
Since 1913: 349

Garvis was last recorded in 1962. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1920, at 13 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Garvis doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.