boys:
1.9k births since 1897
#2853 (38th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1897
#5831 (25th percentile)
The name Orvil is the #5,831 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,935 recorded births since 1897. This represents the 24.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,853 (37.8% percentile) for all time with 1,935 births since 1897.
Orvil first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1897 (first recorded for boys in 1897). Birth data for Orvil is available in 74 out of the 95 years between 1897 and 1991. 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, Orvil reached its peak popularity in 1921, achieving the 14.8% percentile (ranked #469) with 76 births per million. The name was most common in 1921, with 76 births per million (ranked 14.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1991.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Orvil".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Orvil", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 7 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Orville" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Orville..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Orvil. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 64.9% confident that Orvil is pronounced as OR-vihl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is OR-vuhl, at 35.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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