Arvell — boys' name
396 babies named Arvell in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1929. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
19% of everyone ever named Arvell was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Arvell in 1929 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arvell
The Social Security Administration has registered 396 babies named Arvell between 1914 and 2015, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arvell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arvell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Arvell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arvell 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 396 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.
Arvell at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arvell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1914
- Peak year (1929)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 102 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
396 total births across 102 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1929 with 14 births in a single year.
Arvell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 74 births that decade — 19% of Arvell's all-time total
Arvell decade highlights
- Peak decade 74 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Arvell's strongest decade
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
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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, 1914–2015 (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.