boys:
1.1k births since 1890
#3468 (24th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1890
#6604 (15th percentile)
The name Orvin is the #6,604 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,135 recorded births since 1890. This represents the 14.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,468 (24.3% percentile) for all time with 1,135 births since 1890.
Orvin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1890 (first recorded for boys in 1890). Birth data for Orvin is available in 68 out of the 134 years between 1890 and 2023. 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, Orvin reached its peak popularity in 1917, achieving the 7.8% percentile (ranked #477) with 47 births per million. The name was most common in 1917, with 47 births per million (ranked 7.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Orvin ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 5.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Orvin".
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