Girls' name · since 1914
Arvetta
182 babies named Arvetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,766 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 182
- born since 1914
- 1930s
- peak decade
Arvetta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 182 have been recorded since 1914.
Social Security Administration records show Arvetta recorded 182 times among girls since 1914, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1930s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1979.
- #20,766 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 182 born since 1914
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arvetta ranks #20,766 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 182 born since 1914, peaking in the 1930s.
- #20,766 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 182
- born since 1914
- 1930s
- peak decade
Arvetta's 182 recorded births place it above 71.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arvetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Arvetta splits its recorded history at 1939: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1914 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1952 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Arvetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1979
- Peak year (1952)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1979.
182 total births across 66 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1952 with 10 births in a single year.
Arvetta by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (49 births, 27% of the file).
1930s was Arvetta's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Arvetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
29 births
- 1920s
1920s
21 births
- 1930s
1930s
49 births
- 1940s
1940s
24 births
- 1950s 15
1950s
15 births
- 1960s
1960s
37 births
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 49 births (27% of all-time use).
Arvetta decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Arvetta's data
- Arvetta's decade-level peak was the 1930s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arvetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1952)
Similar record span (~65 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–1979 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Arvetta draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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