Boys' name · since 1912
Orvill
224 babies named Orvill in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,302 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 224
- born since 1912
- 1920s
- peak decade
224 boys have been named Orvill since 1912, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Orvill has been recorded 224 times among boys since 1912, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 1951.
- #12,302 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 224 born since 1912
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Orvill ranks #12,302 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 224 born since 1912, peaking in the 1920s.
- #12,302 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 224
- born since 1912
- 1920s
- peak decade
Orvill's 224 recorded births place it above 72.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Orvill's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Orvill's full recorded timeline at 1924, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1925, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1922 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Orvill popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–1951
- Peak year (1922)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Orvill by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (99 births, 44% of the file).
1920s was Orvill's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Orvill births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
77 births
- 1920s
1920s
99 births
- 1930s
1930s
43 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 99 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Orvill's decade-level peak was the 1920s (99 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Orvill: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1912–1951 (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 Orvill 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.