Orvis — boys' name

What the Data Says About Orvis

The Social Security Administration has registered 940 babies named Orvis between 1885 and 1961, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Orvis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 44 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Orvis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 315 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Orvis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 48 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Orvis in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Orvis 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 940 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.