Arvo
Last seen for boys in 2020 at #8,739
- Peak · boys
- 1915 · 43 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 317since 1909
Arvo over time
Rank among boys' names. Arvo has never cracked the top 900 here.
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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| 2020 | #8,739 | 8 |
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| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
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| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
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| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
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| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
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| 1930 | #3,592 | 6 |
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| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
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| 1926 | #3,139 | 8 |
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| 1924 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | #1,885 | 18 |
| 1919 | #1,449 | 25 |
| 1918 | #1,648 | 21 |
| 1917 | #1,291 | 28 |
| 1916 | #1,335 | 26 |
| 1915 | #952 | 43 |
| 1914 | #1,260 | 22 |
| 1913 | #1,441 | 14 |
| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | #1,038 | 11 |
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| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Arvo! It came in at #1,440, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1910, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Arvo is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#309 · 1 in 3,134
- Michigan#333 · 1 in 3,939
- Massachusetts#338 · 1 in 5,813
Best ever in a state: #167 in Minnesota, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Minnesota | #309 | 6 | 1 in 3,134 |
| Michigan | #333 | 7 | 1 in 3,939 |
| Massachusetts | #338 | 5 | 1 in 5,813 |
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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 Arvo
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 308 spots in 1915 (#1,260 → #952)
- Biggest drop: 383 spots in 1916 (#952 → #1,335)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1915 at #952 (43 births)
- Births halved by 1918, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1915
- Highest: 1 in 19,734 boys born in 1915 were named Arvo (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 215,760 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
- 62.8% of all boys named Arvo (199) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,440 (1909) | #1,440 |
| 1910s | 199 | #952 (1915) | #1,351 |
| 1920s | 73 | #1,885 (1920) | #2,931 |
| 1930s | 11 | #3,549 (1936) | #3,571 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 6 | #3,364 (1951) | #3,364 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,065 (1961) | #4,065 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 10 | #12,185 (2016) | #12,216 |
| 2020s | 8 | #8,739 (2020) | #8,739 |
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.
Arvo in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
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890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 34,234 of them was named Arvo, which outranked 70.6% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,304Umberto27
- #1,304Wilmot27
- #1,304Winifred27
- #1,335Arvo26
- #1,335Adelard26
- #1,335Adrien26
- #1,335Audie26
- #1,374Aloys25
- #1,374Alvan25
- #1,374Amerigo25
Tied with 38 names at #1,335; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.