Arvella
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306
- Peak · girls
- 1902 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,413since 1887
Arvella over time
Rank among girls' names. Arvella has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
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| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 |
| 1948 | #2,188 | 20 |
| 1947 | #1,863 | 27 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 |
| 1944 | #2,027 | 18 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 |
| 1940 | #1,313 | 32 |
| 1939 | #1,684 | 21 |
| 1938 | #1,596 | 23 |
| 1937 | #1,219 | 35 |
| 1936 | #1,549 | 23 |
| 1935 | #1,449 | 26 |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 |
| 1933 | #1,085 | 41 |
| 1932 | #1,382 | 29 |
| 1931 | #1,421 | 27 |
| 1930 | #1,274 | 35 |
| 1929 | #1,487 | 27 |
| 1928 | #1,223 | 39 |
| 1927 | #1,523 | 29 |
| 1926 | #1,166 | 43 |
| 1925 | #1,272 | 38 |
| 1924 | #1,409 | 34 |
| 1923 | #1,388 | 33 |
| 1922 | #1,285 | 37 |
| 1921 | #1,276 | 37 |
| 1920 | #1,349 | 34 |
| 1919 | #1,649 | 24 |
| 1918 | #1,277 | 35 |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 |
| 1916 | #1,278 | 32 |
| 1915 | #1,258 | 31 |
| 1914 | #1,665 | 16 |
| 1913 | #1,308 | 19 |
| 1912 | #1,477 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
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| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Arvella! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1900, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Arvella is popular in 1915
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#417 · 1 in 3,361
Best ever in a state: #333 in West Virginia, 1925.
Show every state
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| Oklahoma | #417 | 5 | 1 in 3,361 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Arvella
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1902 at #1,075 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 24,007 girls born in 1902 were named Arvella (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 24.8% of all girls named Arvella (351) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,147 (1887) | #1,147 |
| 1890s | 10 | #1,450 (1892) | #1,517 |
| 1900s | 80 | #1,075 (1902) | #1,389 |
| 1910s | 216 | #1,241 (1911) | #1,435 |
| 1920s | 351 | #1,166 (1926) | #1,338 |
| 1930s | 280 | #1,085 (1933) | #1,436 |
| 1940s | 191 | #1,313 (1940) | #2,129 |
| 1950s | 123 | #2,806 (1952) | #3,349 |
| 1960s | 106 | #3,176 (1963) | #4,402 |
| 1970s | 34 | #5,818 (1970) | #8,204 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 12 | #13,799 (2019) | #14,065 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,306 (2022) | #15,306 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Arvella in 1915
Top girls' names in 1915
More about 1915
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983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 31,737 of them was named Arvella, which outranked 74.7% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,231Vienna32
- #1,231Yola32
- #1,231Zelpha32
- #1,258Arvella31
- #1,258Allean31
- #1,258Arla31
- #1,258Buelah31
- #1,285Aimee30
- #1,285America30
- #1,285Aretha30
Tied with 26 names at #1,258; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.