Orvil — boys' name

What the Data Says About Orvil

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,935 babies named Orvil between 1897 and 1991, spanning 95 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Orvil currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 86 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Orvil performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 595 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Orvil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 174 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Orvil in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Orvil 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 1,935 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.