Orvilla — girls' name
238 babies named Orvilla in U.S. Social Security records since 1905, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Orvilla was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Orvilla in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Orvilla
The Social Security Administration has registered 238 babies named Orvilla between 1905 and 1958, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Orvilla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Orvilla performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Orvilla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wisconsin, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Orvilla in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Orvilla 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 238 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.
Orvilla at a glance
Last recorded 1958Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Orvilla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1905
- Peak year (1917)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1958.
238 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 14 births in a single year.
Orvilla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 85 births that decade — 36% of Orvilla's all-time total
Orvilla decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 72 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Orvilla's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Orvilla by state
Where Orvilla concentrates geographically — total births since 1905
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Wisconsin | | 5 | 2.1% |
5 of 238 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Wisconsin 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Wisconsin accounts for 2.1% 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, 1905–1958 (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.