Narvell — unisex name
26 babies named Narvell in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1939. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Narvell was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Narvell in 1939 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Narvell
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Narvell between 1916 and 1944, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Narvell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1944. The name reached its historical peak in 1939, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Narvell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 22 additional births since 1937.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Narvell performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Narvell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Narvell 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 26 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.
Narvell at a glance
Last recorded 1944Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Narvell popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1916
- Peak year (1939)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1944.
26 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1939 with 6 births in a single year.
Narvell popularity over time — boys
22 total births recorded since 1937 (Narvell as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Narvell accounts for 46% of total recorded use across both genders.
Narvell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 11 births that decade — 42% of Narvell's all-time total
Narvell decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Narvell's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% 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, 1916–1944 (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.