Narvel

Peak · boys
1938 · 8 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
132
since 1916

Narvel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Narvel has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,646, 1938boys
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1964#3,6016
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1929#3,9595
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1927#2,70310
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1925#3,7416
1924#3,2608
1923#3,8226
1922#3,5327
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five boys were named Narvel! It came in at #3,897, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1918, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Narvel is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Narvel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Narvel
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1964
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1938 at #2,646 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1939, 1 yr 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 112,692
  • Highest: 1 in 112,692 boys born in 1927 were named Narvel (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 332,116 boys born in 1964 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,646 in 1938, was only 1 in 138,643 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 38.6% of all boys named Narvel (51) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s11#3,736 (1919)#3,817
1920s51#2,703 (1927)#3,417
1930s32#2,646 (1938)#3,226
1940s12#2,940 (1942)#3,239
1950s15#3,714 (1951)#3,797
1960s11#3,601 (1964)#3,820

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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