Orvella — girls' name
68 babies named Orvella in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1913. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Orvella was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Orvella in 1913 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Orvella
The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Orvella between 1913 and 1951, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Orvella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1951. The name reached its historical peak in 1913, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Orvella performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Orvella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Orvella in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Orvella 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 68 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.
Orvella at a glance
Last recorded 1951Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Orvella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1913
- Peak year (1913)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1951.
68 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1913 with 7 births in a single year.
Orvella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 22 births that decade — 32% of Orvella's all-time total
Orvella decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Orvella's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Orvella by state
Where Orvella concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Oklahoma | | 5 | 7.4% |
5 of 68 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Oklahoma 7.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Oklahoma accounts for 7.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1913–1951 (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.