Orvin
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
- Peak · boys
- 1917 · 45 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,140since 1890
Orvin over time
Rank among boys' names. Orvin 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
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
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| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #2,322 | 13 |
| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #1,958 | 16 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,852 | 14 |
| 1944 | #1,400 | 23 |
| 1943 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | #1,532 | 19 |
| 1938 | #1,559 | 19 |
| 1937 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 15 |
| 1935 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1933 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1932 | #1,716 | 18 |
| 1931 | #1,302 | 28 |
| 1930 | #1,235 | 33 |
| 1929 | #1,214 | 33 |
| 1928 | #1,480 | 25 |
| 1927 | #1,468 | 26 |
| 1926 | #1,108 | 41 |
| 1925 | #1,279 | 32 |
| 1924 | #1,263 | 33 |
| 1923 | #1,177 | 37 |
| 1922 | #1,222 | 35 |
| 1921 | #1,296 | 32 |
| 1920 | #1,119 | 40 |
| 1919 | #1,097 | 39 |
| 1918 | #1,112 | 38 |
| 1917 | #964 | 45 |
| 1916 | #1,120 | 34 |
| 1915 | #1,100 | 34 |
| 1914 | #1,300 | 21 |
| 1913 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,353 | 13 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
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| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Orvin! It came in at #994, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Orvin is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Dakota#174 · 1 in 967
- North Dakota#216 · 1 in 1,357
- Minnesota#276 · 1 in 2,546
Best ever in a state: #152 in North Dakota, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #174 | 6 | 1 in 967 |
| North Dakota | #216 | 5 | 1 in 1,357 |
| Minnesota | #276 | 8 | 1 in 2,546 |
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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 Orvin
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 156 spots in 1917 (#1,120 → #964)
- Biggest drop: 148 spots in 1918 (#964 → #1,112)
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1917 at #964 (45 births)
- Births halved by 1932, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1890–1917
- Highest: 1 in 20,566 boys born in 1917 were named Orvin (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 29.3% of all boys named Orvin (334) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #994 (1890) | #994 |
| 1900s | 10 | #1,058 (1901) | #1,146 |
| 1910s | 249 | #964 (1917) | #1,250 |
| 1920s | 334 | #1,108 (1926) | #1,263 |
| 1930s | 207 | #1,235 (1930) | #1,559 |
| 1940s | 127 | #1,400 (1944) | #2,018 |
| 1950s | 91 | #1,958 (1953) | #2,610 |
| 1960s | 51 | #2,322 (1961) | #3,034 |
| 1970s | 11 | #4,441 (1972) | #4,674 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 7 | #7,874 (1999) | #7,874 |
| 2000s | 16 | #10,894 (2003) | #11,435 |
| 2010s | 11 | #10,744 (2016) | #11,450 |
| 2020s | 21 | #10,605 (2020) | #11,835 |
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.
Orvin in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 26,671 of them was named Orvin, which outranked 76.9% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,094Reece39
- #1,094Toshio39
- #1,094Willam39
- #1,112Orvin38
- #1,112Bishop38
- #1,112Delma38
- #1,112Ephraim38
- #1,124Adolfo37
- #1,124Alejandro37
- #1,124Arno37
Tied with 11 names at #1,112; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.