Girls' name · since 1934
Narva
Narva has 17 recorded births since 1934 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1934 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #48,013 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1934
- 1930s
- peak decade
Narva sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 17 recorded since 1934.
Narva has 17 recorded births among girls since 1934, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1934 to 1948.
- #48,013 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1934
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Narva ranks #48,013 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1934, peaking in the 1930s.
- #48,013 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1934
- 1930s
- peak decade
Narva's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Narva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Narva splits its recorded history at 1938: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1948 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1934 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Narva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1934–1948
- Peak year (1934)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Narva by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (12 births, 71% of the file).
1930s was Narva's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Narva births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
12 births
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
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- Narva's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 1940s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1934–1948 (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 Narva 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.