Arvil

Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941

Peak · boys
1911 · 19 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,589
since 1892

Arvil over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Arvil has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #732, 1911boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1989#6,9416
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1982#6,3855
1981
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1979#5,3556
1978#5,0596
1977
1976#4,9356
1975#3,9418
1974#3,5589
1973#4,0547
1972#2,81912
1971#3,3709
1970#3,5218
1969#3,9356
1968#2,57611
1967#2,03015
1966#2,32712
1965#2,36612
1964#2,11415
1963#2,20014
1962#1,66923
1961#1,63524
1960#1,91018
1959#1,70922
1958#1,55725
1957#1,79120
1956#1,53226
1955#1,90217
1954#1,36131
1953#1,70920
1952#1,34731
1951#1,40728
1950#1,28931
1949#1,20535
1948#1,16038
1947#1,21336
1946#1,12438
1945#1,20430
1944#1,10736
1943#96948
1942#90054
1941#87652
1940#91948
1939#88849
1938#82556
1937#78761
1936#89347
1935#81458
1934#82857
1933#90547
1932#84157
1931#75667
1930#77768
1929#81563
1928#85460
1927#92455
1926#76571
1925#85860
1924#74679
1923#88259
1922#83067
1921#75078
1920#76674
1919#92752
1918#85559
1917#78065
1916#92247
1915#83254
1914#81942
1913#99525
1912#1,13717
1911#73219
1910#85913
1909#1,1557
1908#1,3735
1907#1,0947
1906
1905#9198
1904#1,2055
1903#7839
1902#1,0136
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1899#9286
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1896
1895#8727
1894
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1892#1,0665
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First appearance
1892

The first year at least five boys were named Arvil! It came in at #1,066, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1892–1894, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Arvil is popular in 1915

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedMOKentucky: #233 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,705 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedKSArkansas: #298 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,166 boysARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedHITexas: #561 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,289 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Arvil, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Kentucky#233 · 1 in 1,705
  2. Arkansas#298 · 1 in 2,166
  3. Texas#561 · 1 in 5,289

Best ever in a state: #181 in Virginia, 1911.

Show every state
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Kentucky#233111 in 1,705
Arkansas#29861 in 2,166
Texas#56171 in 5,289
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Arvil
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
  • Biggest jump: 296 spots in 1910 (#1,155#859)
  • Biggest drop: 422 spots in 1904 (#783#1,205)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1892
  • Peaked 1911 at #732 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 1969, 58 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1913–1943
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,893
  • Highest: 1 in 11,893 boys born in 1911 were named Arvil (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 333,488 boys born in 1989 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 25.7% of all boys named Arvil (666) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s18#872 (1895)#955
1900s47#783 (1903)#1,077
1910s393#732 (1911)#886
1920s666#746 (1924)#819
1930s567#756 (1931)#831
1940s415#876 (1941)#1,068
1950s251#1,289 (1950)#1,560
1960s150#1,635 (1961)#2,276
1970s71#2,819 (1972)#4,068
1980s11#6,385 (1982)#6,663

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.

Arvil in 1915

boys
#832
54 births · 1 in 15,714 boys

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #832Arvil54
More about 1915

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 15,714 of them was named Arvil, which outranked 81.0% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arvil
  1. #823Logan55
  2. #823Marcellus55
  3. #823Reno55
  4. #832Arvil54
  5. #832Arley54
  6. #832Arvel54
  7. #832Earlie54
  8. #846Benjiman53
  9. #846Cary53
  10. #846Casey53

Tied with 13 names at #832; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1915