Orval
Last seen for girls in 1929 at #3,682 · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #6,992
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1902 · 42 births
- Debut · boys
- 22 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,916since 1880
Orval over time
Rank among boys' names. Orval has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,095 | 12 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,366 | 16 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,213 | 17 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,046 | 17 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,242 | 13 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,757 | 19 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,595 | 24 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,581 | 25 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,792 | 20 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,635 | 24 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,178 | 44 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,360 | 33 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,370 | 32 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,364 | 33 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,218 | 39 | |
| 1955 | — | #976 | 59 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,112 | 45 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,046 | 48 | |
| 1952 | — | #981 | 53 | |
| 1951 | — | #892 | 62 | |
| 1950 | — | #904 | 57 | |
| 1949 | — | #872 | 62 | |
| 1948 | — | #821 | 69 | |
| 1947 | — | #805 | 73 | |
| 1946 | — | #738 | 79 | |
| 1945 | — | #664 | 82 | |
| 1944 | — | #687 | 82 | |
| 1943 | — | #647 | 97 | |
| 1942 | — | #562 | 120 | |
| 1941 | — | #654 | 87 | |
| 1940 | — | #591 | 100 | |
| 1939 | — | #629 | 87 | |
| 1938 | — | #615 | 93 | |
| 1937 | — | #573 | 101 | |
| 1936 | — | #566 | 103 | |
| 1935 | — | #509 | 127 | |
| 1934 | — | #508 | 130 | |
| 1933 | — | #515 | 120 | |
| 1932 | — | #491 | 136 | |
| 1931 | — | #474 | 142 | |
| 1930 | — | #447 | 174 | |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #444 | 178 |
| 1928 | — | #492 | 152 | |
| 1927 | — | #421 | 206 | |
| 1926 | — | #387 | 230 | |
| 1925 | — | #399 | 224 | |
| 1924 | — | #386 | 242 | |
| 1923 | — | #406 | 219 | |
| 1922 | — | #362 | 272 | |
| 1921 | — | #373 | 267 | |
| 1920 | — | #338 | 294 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #343 | 270 |
| 1918 | — | #327 | 304 | |
| 1917 | — | #323 | 282 | |
| 1916 | — | #311 | 280 | |
| 1915 | — | #329 | 258 | |
| 1914 | — | #331 | 192 | |
| 1913 | — | #313 | 165 | |
| 1912 | — | #306 | 141 | |
| 1911 | — | #379 | 55 | |
| 1910 | — | #326 | 57 | |
| 1909 | — | #428 | 34 | |
| 1908 | — | #314 | 49 | |
| 1907 | — | #300 | 51 | |
| 1906 | — | #411 | 28 | |
| 1905 | — | #337 | 36 | |
| 1904 | — | #379 | 29 | |
| 1903 | — | #346 | 31 | |
| 1902 | — | #291 | 42 | |
| 1901 | — | #334 | 29 | |
| 1900 | — | #365 | 36 | |
| 1899 | — | #355 | 26 | |
| 1898 | — | #452 | 20 | |
| 1897 | — | #367 | 26 | |
| 1896 | — | #462 | 19 | |
| 1895 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1894 | — | #439 | 19 | |
| 1893 | — | #341 | 27 | |
| 1892 | — | #335 | 31 | |
| 1891 | — | #456 | 15 | |
| 1890 | — | #345 | 26 | |
| 1889 | — | #415 | 19 | |
| 1888 | — | #528 | 14 | |
| 1887 | — | #488 | 13 | |
| 1886 | — | #470 | 15 | |
| 1885 | — | #439 | 17 | |
| 1884 | — | #468 | 16 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | #533 | 11 | |
| 1880 | — | #363 | 22 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Orval was already there! It came in at #363, and was given to 22 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1981–1984, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Orval is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#114 · 1 in 557
- Nebraska#120 · 1 in 628
- North Dakota#143 · 1 in 735
- Iowa#147 · 1 in 909
- Oregon#150 · 1 in 937
Best ever in a state: #85 in Kansas, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #114 | 39 | 1 in 557 |
| Nebraska | #120 | 19 | 1 in 628 |
| North Dakota | #143 | 9 | 1 in 735 |
| Iowa | #147 | 23 | 1 in 909 |
| Oregon | #150 | 6 | 1 in 937 |
| South Dakota | #156 | 8 | 1 in 780 |
| Indiana | #169 | 18 | 1 in 1,328 |
| Kansas | #174 | 13 | 1 in 1,220 |
| West Virginia | #195 | 11 | 1 in 1,382 |
| Missouri | #215 | 17 | 1 in 1,639 |
| Illinois | #254 | 18 | 1 in 2,966 |
| Michigan | #254 | 12 | 1 in 2,812 |
| Minnesota | #255 | 9 | 1 in 2,341 |
| Wisconsin | #257 | 8 | 1 in 2,831 |
| Ohio | #309 | 11 | 1 in 4,479 |
| Arkansas | #323 | 7 | 1 in 2,500 |
| Tennessee | #330 | 7 | 1 in 3,359 |
| Kentucky | #347 | 8 | 1 in 3,114 |
| California | #444 | 5 | 1 in 5,201 |
| Pennsylvania | #492 | 6 | 1 in 14,144 |
| Texas | #496 | 12 | 1 in 4,233 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Orval
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1995
- Biggest jump: 209 spots in 1884 (#677 → #468)
- Biggest drop: 304 spots in 1882 (#533 → #837)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1902 at #291 (42 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 60 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1880–1952
- Highest: 1 in 2,879 boys born in 1907 were named Orval (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 271,957 boys born in 1995 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #291 in 1902, was only 1 in 2,920 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.9% of all boys named Orval (2,284) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 141 | #363 (1880) | #522 |
| 1890s | 223 | #335 (1892) | #411 |
| 1900s | 365 | #291 (1902) | #351 |
| 1910s | 2,004 | #306 (1912) | #329 |
| 1920s | 2,284 | #338 (1920) | #401 |
| 1930s | 1,213 | #447 (1930) | #533 |
| 1940s | 851 | #562 (1942) | #704 |
| 1950s | 461 | #892 (1951) | #1,122 |
| 1960s | 212 | #1,178 (1960) | #1,870 |
| 1970s | 103 | #2,213 (1970) | #3,530 |
| 1980s | 35 | #4,940 (1980) | #5,832 |
| 1990s | 24 | #6,992 (1995) | #7,596 |
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.
Orval in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 3,620 of them was named Orval, which outranked 93.2% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.