Arvella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Arvella

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,413 babies named Arvella between 1887 and 2022, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arvella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arvella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 351 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Arvella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Arvella in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arvella 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 1,413 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.