Arvis
Last seen for girls in 1965 at #5,289 · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to boys 77.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1935 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 640since 1913
Arvis over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
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| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
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| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
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| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
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| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
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| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
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| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
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| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
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| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,628 | 10 | |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | — | #2,376 | 11 | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,115 | 13 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,671 | 9 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #1,633 | 18 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | #1,894 | 14 |
| 1939 | — | #1,636 | 17 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,741 | 16 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | — | #1,584 | 19 | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #1,860 | 15 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #1,693 | 18 |
| 1930 | — | #2,178 | 13 | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | — | #3,155 | 8 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,641 | 11 | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #2,240 | 14 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | — | #2,511 | 11 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | — | |
| 1916 | — | #2,543 | 10 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,868 | 12 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Arvis! It came in at #2,496, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Arvis is popular in 1935
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#878 · 1 in 11,399
Best ever in a state: #350 in Kentucky, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #878 | 5 | 1 in 11,399 |
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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 Arvis
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1935 at #1,584 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 54,564 boys born in 1914 were named Arvis (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 404,066 boys born in 1991 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,584 in 1935, was only 1 in 54,808 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.4% of all boys named Arvis (150) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1958, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 58 | #1,868 (1914) | #2,495 |
| 1920s | 118 | #1,904 (1921) | #2,596 |
| 1930s | 150 | #1,584 (1935) | #1,890 |
| 1940s | 107 | #1,633 (1941) | #2,247 |
| 1950s | 84 | #2,207 (1954) | #2,779 |
| 1960s | 68 | #2,673 (1962) | #3,274 |
| 1970s | 32 | #3,836 (1970) | #4,557 |
| 1980s | 18 | #5,468 (1981) | #5,914 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,236 (1991) | #8,236 |
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.
Arvis in 1935
Top boys' names in 1935
More about 1935
boys
1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 54,808 of them was named Arvis, which outranked 61.8% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,538Waymond20
- #1,538Woodie20
- #1,538Zeb20
- #1,584Arvis19
- #1,584Albino19
- #1,584Alger19
- #1,584Ansel19
- #1,656Alvan18
- #1,656Americo18
- #1,656Arnoldo18
Tied with 71 names at #1,584; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.