Arvis — boys' name
640 babies named Arvis in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
23% of everyone ever named Arvis was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Arvis in 1935 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arvis
The Social Security Administration has registered 640 babies named Arvis between 1913 and 1991, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arvis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 19 babies received it in a single year. Arvis is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 189 additional births since 1917.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arvis performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 150 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Arvis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Arvis in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arvis 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 640 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.
Arvis at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arvis popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1913
- Peak year (1935)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
640 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1935 with 19 births in a single year.
Arvis popularity over time — girls
189 total births recorded since 1917 (Arvis as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Arvis accounts for 23% of total recorded use across both genders.
Arvis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 150 births that decade — 23% of Arvis's all-time total
Arvis decade highlights
- Peak decade 150 births
- Runner-up 118 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Arvis's strongest decade
150 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Arvis by state
Where Arvis concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.9% of nationwide
- Kentucky 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1913–1991 (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.