Arvella
Arvella is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192643 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1887
- 1,413people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,413 girls have been named Arvella in the United States since 1887, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1926, with 43 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 43 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1931, and the 1920s alone account for 25%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Arvella | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 10 | |
| 1900s | 80 | |
| 1910s | 216 | |
| 1920s | 351 | |
| 1930s | 280 | |
| 1940s | 191 | |
| 1950s | 123 | |
| 1960s | 106 | |
| 1970s | 34 | |
| 2010s | 12 | |
| 2020s | 5 |
In 1926, its biggest year
Arvella was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1926 were Mary, Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1926.
Names that rose and fell with Arvella
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Almetapeak 1924
- Arleanpeak 1918
- Reathapeak 1927
- Romainepeak 1928
- Dimplepeak 1924
- Ceolapeak 1924
- Delmapeak 1926
- Jesusapeak 1924
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.