Orvil
Orvil is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 704th, in 1921.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192186 births
- Best rank
- #704in 1921
- Since 1897
- 1,935people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,935 boys have been named Orvil in the United States since 1897, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 86 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 86 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1928, and the 1920s alone account for 31%. It has spent 24 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Orvil | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 20 | |
| 1900s | 38 | |
| 1910s | 425 | |
| 1920s | 595 | |
| 1930s | 384 | |
| 1940s | 242 | |
| 1950s | 126 | |
| 1960s | 65 | |
| 1970s | 29 | |
| 1980s | 6 | |
| 1990s | 5 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Orvil was the 704th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Orvil
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Elwynpeak 1924
- Eldredpeak 1921
- Virgelpeak 1920
- Arvilpeak 1924
- Burdettepeak 1922
- Foypeak 1921
- Verlpeak 1918
- Norwoodpeak 1921
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.