Orville — #6811 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Orville

The Social Security Administration has registered 35,051 babies named Orville between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Orville currently holds the #6811 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 1,195 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Orville performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 9,722 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Orville shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 2,179 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Orville in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Orville 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 35,051 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.