girls:
508 births since 1890
#5208 (9th percentile)
boys:
105 births since 1882
#4481 (2nd percentile)
overall:
613 births since 1882
#7126 (8th percentile)
The name Orva is the #7,126 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 613 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 7.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,208 (8.9% percentile) for all time with 508 births since 1890. For boys, it ranks #4,481 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 105 births since 1882.
Orva first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for boys and 1890 for girls). Birth data for Orva is available in 50 out of the 86 years between 1882 and 1967 (46 years for girls and 17 years for boys). 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.
The name Orva has been given predominantly to girls, with 82.9% of all recorded births being female. In 1967, 0.0% of babies named Orva were girls. Interestingly, until around 1890, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1882 to 1889), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (83.6% girls from 1890 to 1967).
For girls, Orva reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #576) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1895, with 28 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1966.
For boys, Orva reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #497) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1882, with 41 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1967.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Orva".
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