Girls' name · since 1880
Arvilla
2,931 babies named Arvilla in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,652 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,931
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Arvilla is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 2,931 have been recorded since 1880.
Arvilla has 2,931 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 1968.
- #3,652 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 2,931 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arvilla ranks #3,652 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 2,931 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #3,652 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,931
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Arvilla's 2,931 recorded births place it above 94.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Wisconsin.
Arvilla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arvilla's full recorded timeline at 1923, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1957, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1924 peak of 96 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arvilla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1968
- Peak year (1924)
- 96
- Annual births at peak, across 89 years of records
Arvilla by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (760 births, 26% of the file).
1920s was Arvilla's strongest decade.
760 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Arvilla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 92
1880s
92 births
- 1890s 162
1890s
162 births
- 1900s
1900s
323 births
- 1910s
1910s
705 births
- 1920s
1920s
760 births
- 1930s
1930s
516 births
- 1940s 232
1940s
232 births
- 1950s 104
1950s
104 births
- 1960s 37
1960s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 760 births (26% of all-time use).
How Arvilla compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Arvilla's total volume
Arvilla by state
Where Arvilla concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Wisconsin | | 197 | 6.7% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 137 | 4.7% |
| #3 | Minnesota | | 129 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 117 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 62 | 2.1% |
| #6 | New York | | 50 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 27 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 26 | 0.9% |
197 of 2,931 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Arvilla appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Arvilla's data
- Arvilla's decade-level peak was the 1920s (760 total births); usage has since declined to 37 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Wisconsin records the most Arvillas (197 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Wisconsin names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Arvilla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1924)
Similar record span (~88 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, 1880–1968 (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 Arvilla 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.