Arva — girls' name
552 babies named Arva in U.S. Social Security records since 1893, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Arva was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Arva in 1926 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arva
The Social Security Administration has registered 552 babies named Arva between 1893 and 1973, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arva currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arva performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 160 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Arva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Arva in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arva in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 552 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Arva at a glance
Last recorded 1973Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1893
- Peak year (1926)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 81 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1973.
552 total births across 81 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 24 births in a single year.
Arva by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 160 births that decade — 29% of Arva's all-time total
Arva decade highlights
- Peak decade 160 births
- Runner-up 122 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Arva's strongest decade
160 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Arva by state
Where Arva concentrates geographically — total births since 1893
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 21 | 3.8% |
21 of 552 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Utah 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 3.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1893–1973 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.