Orval — boys' name

What the Data Says About Orval

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,915 babies named Orval between 1880 and 1995, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Orval currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 304 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Orval performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,284 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Orval shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 562 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Orval in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Orval 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 7,915 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.