Arvel

boys:

2.2k births since 1894

#2683 (41st percentile)

overall:

2.2k births since 1894

#5590 (28th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Arvel is the #5,590 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,202 recorded births since 1894. This represents the 27.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,683 (41.5% percentile) for all time with 2,202 births since 1894.

Arvel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1894 (first recorded for boys in 1894). Birth data for Arvel is available in 85 out of the 113 years between 1894 and 2006. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Arvel reached its peak popularity in 1921, achieving the 13.1% percentile (ranked #478) with 68 births per million. The name was most common in 1902, with 83 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2006.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Arvel".

1894 2006 18942006

Key Statistics

Total Births
2,202
Peak Births
77
Peak Year
1921
First Recorded
1894
Peak Percentile
13.1%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#478
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Arvel

Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Arvel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 55.1% confident that Arvel is pronounced as AHR-vuhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ahr-VEHL, at 18.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.

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AHR-vuhl (2 syllables)
55.1% confidence
AA1 R V AH0 L
ahr-VEHL (2 syllables)
Verified
18.4% confidence
AA0 R V EH1 L
AHR-vehl (2 syllables)
14.3% confidence
AA1 R V EH0 L
AHR-vihl (2 syllables)
6.1% confidence
AA1 R V IH0 L
AHR-VEHL (2 syllables)
6.1% confidence
AA1 R V EH1 L

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like AA1 R V AH0 L) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

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