Arvin

#2,125 for boys in 2025, 68 births

Peak · boys
1937 · 83 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,385
since 1887

Arvin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Arvin has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201887peak #650, 1937boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,12568
2024#2,09871
2023#2,09770
2022#1,90782
2021#2,02673
2020#1,91177
2019#1,76288
2018#1,73389
2017#1,541106
2016#1,81183
2015#1,87078
2014#2,20561
2013#2,06565
2012#1,95972
2011#2,07764
2010#2,51149
2009#2,34855
2008#2,58348
2007#2,50450
2006#1,96768
2005#2,16356
2004#1,97461
2003#1,93660
2002#2,81733
2001#2,79733
2000#2,80532
1999#2,23141
1998#2,45035
1997#2,31136
1996#2,25436
1995#2,40032
1994#2,39232
1993#2,86524
1992#2,30332
1991#2,22732
1990#2,69524
1989#1,99336
1988#2,30526
1987#2,33324
1986#2,29024
1985#2,29323
1984#2,52919
1983#2,49319
1982#1,85030
1981#2,68017
1980#2,00327
1979#1,90328
1978#1,79429
1977#1,45040
1976#1,87326
1975#1,50535
1974#1,65929
1973#1,92822
1972#1,92822
1971#1,33040
1970#1,41635
1969#1,44031
1968#1,69522
1967#1,27435
1966#1,58024
1965#1,48327
1964#1,37133
1963#1,45529
1962#1,54626
1961#1,23341
1960#1,55227
1959#1,22840
1958#1,34533
1957#1,16544
1956#1,15743
1955#1,25536
1954#97358
1953#92660
1952#1,26834
1951#96353
1950#1,02247
1949#95852
1948#94554
1947#83170
1946#89055
1945#96045
1944#1,13534
1943#86959
1942#87656
1941#83458
1940#81059
1939#66081
1938#81657
1937#65083
1936#71969
1935#67878
1934#77963
1933#77562
1932#90251
1931#78763
1930#84160
1929#80664
1928#91354
1927#92455
1926#96350
1925#1,07342
1924#1,03247
1923#87361
1922#88261
1921#98151
1920#91157
1919#1,15936
1918#1,03542
1917#90949
1916#98442
1915#1,12433
1914#1,01930
1913#1,36515
1912#1,00021
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1910#1,1938
1909#95110
1908#1,0218
1907#9309
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1902#1,1375
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1900#1,1626
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1898#1,1215
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1887#9215
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First appearance
1887

The first year at least five boys were named Arvin! It came in at #921, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Arvin is popular in 1887

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Arvin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 27 spots since 2024 (#2,098 → #2,125)
  • 214 spots since 2020 (#1,911 → #2,125)
  • 255 spots since 2015 (#1,870 → #2,125)
  • Biggest jump: 342 spots in 1953 (#1,268 → #926)
  • Biggest drop: 365 spots in 1913 (#1,000 → #1,365)
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1937 at #650 (83 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 36 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1926–1943
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,851
  • Highest: 1 in 12,851 boys born in 1937 were named Arvin (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 25,119 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 14.0% of all boys named Arvin (755) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#921 (1887)#921
1890s5#1,121 (1898)#1,121
1900s38#930 (1907)#1,040
1910s276#909 (1917)#1,088
1920s542#806 (1929)#936
1930s667#650 (1937)#761
1940s542#810 (1940)#911
1950s448#926 (1953)#1,130
1960s295#1,233 (1961)#1,463
1970s306#1,330 (1971)#1,679
1980s245#1,850 (1982)#2,277
1990s324#2,227 (1991)#2,413
2000s496#1,936 (2003)#2,389
2010s755#1,541 (2017)#1,953
2020s441#1,907 (2022)#2,027

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.

Arvin in 1887

boys
#921
5 births · 1 in 20,282 boys

Top boys' names in 1887

  1. #1John8,110
  2. #2William7,470
  3. #3James4,767
  4. #4George4,284
  5. #5Charles4,031
  6. #6Frank2,883
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,228
  9. #9Thomas2,151
  10. #10Edward2,125
  11. #10Robert2,125
  12. #921Arvin5
More about 1887

boys

101,410 boys got a published name in 1887; 1 in 20,282 of them was named Arvin, which outranked 13.7% of the 1,067 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arvin
  1. #819Woodie6
  2. #819Wright6
  3. #819Yancy6
  4. #921Arvin5
  5. #921Ab5
  6. #921Abbie5
  7. #921Ada5

Tied with 146 names at #921; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1886
Risers
  1. ↑ 539Carey#959 → #420
  2. ↑ 521Santiago#959 → #438
  3. ↑ 471Annie#959 → #488
  4. ↑ 471Roderick#959 → #488
  5. ↑ 453Morton#845 → #392
Fallers
  1. ↓ 430Dell#491 → #921
  2. ↓ 420Hardy#332 → #752
  3. ↓ 409Brady#512 → #921
  4. ↓ 381Walton#540 → #921
  5. ↓ 368Milford#451 → #819

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

See the top 100 for 1887 →