Arvie
- Last seen for girls in 1944 at #3,687
- Last seen for boys in 1980 at #6,250
- Given to boys 64.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1931 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 479since 1913
Arvie over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
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| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
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| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,506 | 11 | |
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| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,143 | 7 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,364 | 6 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,356 | 11 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,322 | 10 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,159 | 11 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,976 | 13 | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | — | #2,184 | 11 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,929 | 14 | |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #1,927 | 15 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | — | #2,588 | 11 | |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 | #2,240 | 14 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | #2,059 | 16 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #2,073 | 15 |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 | #1,986 | 15 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 | — | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | — | |
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| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
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| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
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| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
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| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Arvie! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Arvie is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Arvie in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Arvie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1980
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1931 at #1,927 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 61,699
- Highest: 1 in 61,699 boys born in 1917 were named Arvie (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 356,790 boys born in 1980 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,927 in 1931, was only 1 in 69,311 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1930s
- 25.9% of all boys named Arvie (124) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1945
- Mostly girls until 1944, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 67 | #1,986 (1917) | #2,397 |
| 1920s | 121 | #2,059 (1921) | #2,458 |
| 1930s | 124 | #1,927 (1931) | #2,108 |
| 1940s | 89 | #1,941 (1949) | #2,624 |
| 1950s | 49 | #2,506 (1958) | #3,233 |
| 1960s | 19 | #3,097 (1961) | #3,564 |
| 1970s | 5 | #5,227 (1974) | #5,227 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,250 (1980) | #6,250 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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