Orvil
Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
- Peak · boys
- 1921 · 86 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,935since 1897
Orvil over time
Rank among boys' names. Orvil has never cracked the top 600 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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| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
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| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
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| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #2,019 | 16 |
| 1956 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | #2,038 | 15 |
| 1952 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #1,774 | 18 |
| 1950 | #1,572 | 22 |
| 1949 | #2,022 | 14 |
| 1948 | #1,656 | 20 |
| 1947 | #1,786 | 18 |
| 1946 | #1,557 | 21 |
| 1945 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1944 | #1,400 | 23 |
| 1943 | #1,461 | 23 |
| 1942 | #1,244 | 31 |
| 1941 | #1,091 | 36 |
| 1940 | #1,334 | 25 |
| 1939 | #1,007 | 40 |
| 1938 | #1,310 | 26 |
| 1937 | #1,119 | 34 |
| 1936 | #1,243 | 28 |
| 1935 | #844 | 55 |
| 1934 | #1,077 | 37 |
| 1933 | #995 | 41 |
| 1932 | #1,056 | 40 |
| 1931 | #1,078 | 39 |
| 1930 | #1,037 | 44 |
| 1929 | #888 | 56 |
| 1928 | #883 | 57 |
| 1927 | #911 | 56 |
| 1926 | #902 | 55 |
| 1925 | #933 | 52 |
| 1924 | #886 | 61 |
| 1923 | #924 | 55 |
| 1922 | #941 | 55 |
| 1921 | #698 | 86 |
| 1920 | #865 | 62 |
| 1919 | #738 | 75 |
| 1918 | #855 | 59 |
| 1917 | #849 | 57 |
| 1916 | #840 | 55 |
| 1915 | #846 | 53 |
| 1914 | #836 | 41 |
| 1913 | #789 | 36 |
| 1912 | #783 | 31 |
| 1911 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #825 | 11 |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | — | |
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| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Orvil! It came in at #1,057, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1900, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Orvil is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#278 · 1 in 2,173
Best ever in a state: #163 in Utah, 1915.
Show every state
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| Oklahoma | #278 | 10 | 1 in 2,173 |
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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 Orvil
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Biggest jump: 507 spots in 1912 (#1,290 → #783)
- Biggest drop: 399 spots in 1936 (#844 → #1,243)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1921 at #698 (86 births)
- Births halved by 1931, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1912–1929
- Highest: 1 in 12,808 boys born in 1921 were named Orvil (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 404,066 boys born in 1991 (0.00%)
- 30.7% of all boys named Orvil (595) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 20 | #804 (1898) | #906 |
| 1900s | 38 | #825 (1908) | #994 |
| 1910s | 425 | #738 (1919) | #887 |
| 1920s | 595 | #698 (1921) | #883 |
| 1930s | 384 | #844 (1935) | #1,077 |
| 1940s | 242 | #1,091 (1941) | #1,473 |
| 1950s | 126 | #1,572 (1950) | #2,497 |
| 1960s | 65 | #2,300 (1963) | #3,432 |
| 1970s | 29 | #3,963 (1972) | #4,800 |
| 1980s | 6 | #5,484 (1983) | #5,484 |
| 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.
Orvil in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
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1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 17,167 of them was named Orvil, which outranked 82.7% 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).