Arvy — boys' name
16 babies named Arvy in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
63% of everyone ever named Arvy was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Arvy in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arvy
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Arvy between 1913 and 1927, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arvy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1927. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arvy performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Arvy shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arvy 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 16 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.
Arvy at a glance
Last recorded 1927Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arvy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1913
- Peak year (1927)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1927.
16 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 6 births in a single year.
Arvy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 10 births that decade — 63% of Arvy's all-time total
Arvy decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Arvy's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% 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, 1913–1927 (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.