Jarvis
About Jarvis
Jarvis, one of the original two-syllable nouveau boys' choices, is a saint's name with a certain retro charm and a nice quirky feel. Though Jarvis peaked in the late 1880s, he is beginning to sound fresh again.
Jarvis Lorry is a character in Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities, and there was another Jarvis in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. Probably the best known modern Jarvis is British rocker Jarvis Cocker.
Pronounced JAR-vis.
As of October 2026, Jarvis ranked #2858 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #347 in 1988.
Editor's take: The name Jarvis is a boy's name of German origin.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,198 | 154 | 80.2 |
| 2015 | #1,329 | 133 | 69.4 |
| 2016 | #1,204 | 157 | 82.7 |
| 2017 | #1,443 | 119 | 64.3 |
| 2018 | #1,558 | 108 | 59.5 |
| 2019 | #1,537 | 110 | 61.3 |
| 2020 | #1,613 | 100 | 57.9 |
| 2021 | #1,671 | 99 | 56.6 |
| 2022 | #1,818 | 89 | 51 |
| 2023 | #1,777 | 91 | 53.2 |
| 2024 | #2,015 | 76 | 44.1 |
| 2025 | #2,858 | 44 | 25.8 |
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Jarvis on lists
Famous Jarviss
- Jarvis Cocker
lead singer of Britpop band Pulp
- Jarvis Church
Canadian singer
- Jarvis Mills
American rapper
- Jarvis Varnado
American basketball player
- Jarvis Hunt
American architect
- Jarvis Hayes
American basketball player
- Jarvis Green
American football player
Jarvis in pop culture
- J.A.R.V.I.S.
Iron Man's intelligent computer
- Edwin Jarvis
Marvel character
- Jarvis Raines
main character on Netflix original "Some Assembly Required"
- Jarvis
Mark Zuckerberg's A.I. assistant
- Jarvis Lorry
character in "A Tale Of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens