Unisex name · since 1890
Orva
508 babies named Orva in U.S. Social Security records since 1890, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,739 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 508
- born since 1890
- 1920s
- peak decade
Orva sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 508 recorded since 1890.
Orva has 508 recorded births among girls since 1890, 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 1890 to 1966.
- #11,739 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 508 born since 1890
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Orva ranks #11,739 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 508 born since 1890, peaking in the 1920s.
- #11,739 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 508
- born since 1890
- 1920s
- peak decade
Orva's 508 recorded births place it above 83.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by West Virginia.
Orva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Orva splits its recorded history at 1923: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1890 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1919 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Orva popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1890–1966
- Peak year (1919)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Orva popularity over time - boys
105 total births recorded since 1882 (Orva as boys' name)
Orva by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (156 births, 31% of the file).
1920s was Orva's strongest decade.
156 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Orva births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 28
1890s
28 births
- 1900s 30
1900s
30 births
- 1910s
1910s
148 births
- 1920s
1920s
156 births
- 1930s
1930s
110 births
- 1940s 31
1940s
31 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 156 births (31% of all-time use).
How Orva 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 Orva's total volume
Orva by state
Where Orva concentrates geographically, total births since 1890
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | West Virginia | | 13 | 2.6% |
13 of 508 births nationwide.
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- Orva's decade-level peak was the 1920s (156 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- West Virginia records the most Orvas (13 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. West Virginia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Orva: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~76 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, 1890–1966 (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 Orva 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.