Arvel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Arvel

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,202 babies named Arvel between 1894 and 2006, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arvel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 77 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arvel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 591 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Arvel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 175 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Arvel in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arvel 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 2,202 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.