Orville
Last seen for girls in 1934 at #4,286 · #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1913 · 676 births
- Debut · boys
- 49 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 35,065since 1880
Orville over time
Rank among boys' names. Orville has never cracked the top 100 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,143 | 14 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,832 | 12 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,897 | 12 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,479 | 13 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,562 | 16 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,620 | 12 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,340 | 17 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,935 | 19 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,676 | 12 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,252 | 17 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,241 | 13 | |
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,079 | 9 | |
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,436 | 13 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,487 | 16 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,173 | 9 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,781 | 14 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,640 | 9 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,520 | 11 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,322 | 18 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,667 | 12 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,204 | 18 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,317 | 12 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,246 | 15 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,549 | 19 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,762 | 26 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,911 | 16 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,141 | 21 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,748 | 16 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,462 | 17 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,488 | 27 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,106 | 33 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,255 | 27 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,215 | 26 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,161 | 26 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,764 | 34 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,232 | 23 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,864 | 29 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,815 | 31 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,411 | 45 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,410 | 45 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,510 | 39 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,371 | 45 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,210 | 53 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,304 | 46 | |
| 1975 | — | #970 | 71 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,091 | 57 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,014 | 63 | |
| 1972 | — | #929 | 74 | |
| 1971 | — | #904 | 81 | |
| 1970 | — | #869 | 86 | |
| 1969 | — | #782 | 97 | |
| 1968 | — | #736 | 102 | |
| 1967 | — | #802 | 82 | |
| 1966 | — | #698 | 112 | |
| 1965 | — | #736 | 101 | |
| 1964 | — | #729 | 111 | |
| 1963 | — | #673 | 135 | |
| 1962 | — | #697 | 121 | |
| 1961 | — | #610 | 168 | |
| 1960 | — | #625 | 155 | |
| 1959 | — | #588 | 176 | |
| 1958 | — | #572 | 183 | |
| 1957 | — | #506 | 235 | |
| 1956 | — | #504 | 225 | |
| 1955 | — | #522 | 196 | |
| 1954 | — | #465 | 244 | |
| 1953 | — | #446 | 257 | |
| 1952 | — | #437 | 256 | |
| 1951 | — | #426 | 255 | |
| 1950 | — | #416 | 263 | |
| 1949 | — | #394 | 291 | |
| 1948 | — | #380 | 321 | |
| 1947 | — | #341 | 399 | |
| 1946 | — | #358 | 332 | |
| 1945 | — | #325 | 332 | |
| 1944 | — | #319 | 357 | |
| 1943 | — | #281 | 476 | |
| 1942 | — | #286 | 445 | |
| 1941 | — | #277 | 431 | |
| 1940 | — | #256 | 461 | |
| 1939 | — | #236 | 494 | |
| 1938 | — | #257 | 447 | |
| 1937 | — | #230 | 515 | |
| 1936 | — | #222 | 516 | |
| 1935 | — | #207 | 581 | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #209 | 593 |
| 1933 | — | #192 | 627 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #198 | 649 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | #201 | 656 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #187 | 747 |
| 1929 | — | #174 | 808 | |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | #177 | 811 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #172 | 856 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | #164 | 894 |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 | #161 | 940 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #155 | 1,035 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #152 | 1,012 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 | #151 | 1,022 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #137 | 1,149 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #134 | 1,195 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #133 | 1,120 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #134 | 1,188 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #134 | 1,061 |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #131 | 1,063 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #127 | 1,076 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #133 | 787 |
| 1913 | — | #119 | 676 | |
| 1912 | — | #136 | 477 | |
| 1911 | — | #146 | 230 | |
| 1910 | — | #142 | 223 | |
| 1909 | — | #126 | 218 | |
| 1908 | — | #154 | 153 | |
| 1907 | — | #152 | 148 | |
| 1906 | — | #139 | 148 | |
| 1905 | — | #163 | 125 | |
| 1904 | — | #145 | 134 | |
| 1903 | — | #149 | 125 | |
| 1902 | — | #162 | 108 | |
| 1901 | — | #162 | 94 | |
| 1900 | — | #186 | 112 | |
| 1899 | — | #160 | 94 | |
| 1898 | — | #163 | 101 | |
| 1897 | — | #184 | 83 | |
| 1896 | — | #182 | 89 | |
| 1895 | — | #169 | 92 | |
| 1894 | — | #144 | 105 | |
| 1893 | — | #186 | 78 | |
| 1892 | — | #186 | 84 | |
| 1891 | — | #211 | 56 | |
| 1890 | — | #161 | 88 | |
| 1889 | — | #203 | 64 | |
| 1888 | — | #172 | 87 | |
| 1887 | — | #210 | 54 | |
| 1886 | — | #210 | 63 | |
| 1885 | — | #167 | 79 | |
| 1884 | — | #233 | 53 | |
| 1883 | — | #197 | 59 | |
| 1882 | — | #248 | 46 | |
| 1881 | — | #187 | 61 | |
| 1880 | — | #236 | 49 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Orville was already there! It came in at #236, and was given to 49 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2010–2012, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Orville is popular in 1925
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#61 · 1 in 238
- South Dakota#63 · 1 in 217
- North Dakota#68 · 1 in 236
- Iowa#88 · 1 in 380
- Wisconsin#88 · 1 in 417
Best ever in a state: #36 in Kansas, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #61 | 90 | 1 in 238 |
| South Dakota | #63 | 27 | 1 in 217 |
| North Dakota | #68 | 26 | 1 in 236 |
| Iowa | #88 | 54 | 1 in 380 |
| Wisconsin | #88 | 57 | 1 in 417 |
| Kentucky | #89 | 49 | 1 in 529 |
| Oklahoma | #97 | 52 | 1 in 441 |
| Missouri | #101 | 58 | 1 in 511 |
| West Virginia | #104 | 28 | 1 in 629 |
| Kansas | #109 | 32 | 1 in 494 |
| Nebraska | #112 | 23 | 1 in 516 |
| Washington | #118 | 16 | 1 in 615 |
| Indiana | #121 | 32 | 1 in 805 |
| Michigan | #121 | 50 | 1 in 788 |
| Illinois | #127 | 67 | 1 in 882 |
| Idaho | #130 | 6 | 1 in 577 |
| Colorado | #131 | 12 | 1 in 722 |
| Maryland | #148 | 10 | 1 in 1,328 |
| New Mexico | #151 | 6 | 1 in 649 |
| Ohio | #156 | 41 | 1 in 1,294 |
| Arkansas | #163 | 20 | 1 in 905 |
| Oregon | #166 | 5 | 1 in 1,194 |
| Tennessee | #168 | 21 | 1 in 1,158 |
| New Jersey | #173 | 14 | 1 in 2,123 |
| Virginia | #236 | 11 | 1 in 2,118 |
| Pennsylvania | #259 | 24 | 1 in 3,679 |
| Alabama | #272 | 12 | 1 in 2,216 |
| Texas | #287 | 30 | 1 in 1,843 |
| California | #300 | 13 | 1 in 2,814 |
| New York | #328 | 17 | 1 in 5,628 |
| Georgia | #458 | 5 | 1 in 5,671 |
| North Carolina | #538 | 5 | 1 in 6,817 |
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| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| 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 Orville
- 689 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #6,143)
- 477 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #6,143)
- 533 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #6,143)
- Biggest jump: 121 spots in 1975 (#1,091 → #970)
- Biggest drop: 334 spots in 1976 (#970 → #1,304)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1913 at #119 (676 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 32 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1880–1972
- Highest: 1 in 752 boys born in 1909 were named Orville (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #119 in 1913, was only 1 in 758 (0.13%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 27.7% of all boys named Orville (9,722) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 615 | #167 (1885) | #206 |
| 1890s | 870 | #144 (1894) | #175 |
| 1900s | 1,365 | #126 (1909) | #154 |
| 1910s | 7,901 | #119 (1913) | #134 |
| 1920s | 9,722 | #134 (1920) | #158 |
| 1930s | 5,825 | #187 (1930) | #214 |
| 1940s | 3,845 | #256 (1940) | #322 |
| 1950s | 2,290 | #416 (1950) | #488 |
| 1960s | 1,184 | #610 (1961) | #709 |
| 1970s | 615 | #869 (1970) | #1,117 |
| 1980s | 319 | #1,410 (1980) | #1,923 |
| 1990s | 179 | #2,488 (1990) | #3,846 |
| 2000s | 132 | #4,204 (2000) | #6,011 |
| 2010s | 124 | #4,935 (2017) | #7,048 |
| 2020s | 79 | #5,562 (2021) | #6,422 |
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.
Orville in 1925
Top girls' names in 1925
Top boys' names in 1925
More about 1925
girls
1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 110,671 of them was named Orville, which outranked 49.1% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,778Zelphia12
- #2,778Zenaida12
- #2,778Zonnie12
- #2,939Orville11
- #2,939Aaron11
- #2,939Adelyne11
- #2,939Adina11
- #3,116Adlee10
- #3,116Adrianna10
- #3,116Albirta10
Tied with 176 names at #2,939; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 1,187 of them was named Orville, which outranked 96.7% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.