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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Orvil

Orvil was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1921, when it ranked 704th with 86 babies. More babies were named Orvil in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
192186 babies
Total since 1880
1,935babies recorded

Orvil popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970#4,5876
1960#3,9486
1950#1,60122
1940#1,35725
1930#1,04744
1920#87562
1910#1,09910
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Orvil, counting every spelling?

Orvil has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Orvil?

About 300 people born in the US named Orvil are alive today, with a median age of 76; half are between 64 and 83. That makes Orvil a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Orvil by state

How common Orvil was among boys born in each state in 1919–1923, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Oklahoma (7.7×), Arkansas (5.3×), Kentucky (2.8×), Missouri (2.4×). In 44 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesIN0.06Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesMO0.15Kentucky: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesKY0.17West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesAR0.33Tennessee: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTN0.04North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.48 per 1,000 babiesOK0.48Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTX0.07Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Orvil, boys, 1919–1923. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Orvil

How popular is the name Orvil?

Orvil was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1921, when it ranked 704th with 86 babies. More babies were named Orvil in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Orvil a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 0 girls and 1,935 boys.

Where was Orvil most popular?

In 1919–1923, Orvil was most common in Oklahoma (0.48 per 1,000 boys), followed by Arkansas and Kentucky.