Arvel
Last seen for boys in 2006 at #12,055
- Peak · boys
- 1902 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,202since 1894
Arvel over time
Rank among boys' names. Arvel has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #2,558 | 14 |
| 1970 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #1,977 | 18 |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #1,686 | 23 |
| 1960 | #1,973 | 17 |
| 1959 | #2,033 | 16 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #1,611 | 23 |
| 1954 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1953 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #1,749 | 19 |
| 1951 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #1,701 | 19 |
| 1949 | #1,462 | 25 |
| 1948 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1947 | #1,336 | 30 |
| 1946 | #1,557 | 21 |
| 1945 | #1,078 | 36 |
| 1944 | #1,282 | 27 |
| 1943 | #1,240 | 31 |
| 1942 | #1,228 | 32 |
| 1941 | #1,254 | 28 |
| 1940 | #1,031 | 39 |
| 1939 | #931 | 45 |
| 1938 | #1,062 | 37 |
| 1937 | #1,119 | 34 |
| 1936 | #1,095 | 35 |
| 1935 | #1,040 | 38 |
| 1934 | #1,024 | 40 |
| 1933 | #1,078 | 37 |
| 1932 | #980 | 45 |
| 1931 | #939 | 48 |
| 1930 | #1,069 | 42 |
| 1929 | #900 | 55 |
| 1928 | #980 | 49 |
| 1927 | #951 | 53 |
| 1926 | #980 | 49 |
| 1925 | #871 | 59 |
| 1924 | #1,058 | 45 |
| 1923 | #841 | 65 |
| 1922 | #766 | 74 |
| 1921 | #760 | 77 |
| 1920 | #835 | 65 |
| 1919 | #938 | 51 |
| 1918 | #773 | 71 |
| 1917 | #773 | 66 |
| 1916 | #840 | 55 |
| 1915 | #832 | 54 |
| 1914 | #734 | 51 |
| 1913 | #806 | 35 |
| 1912 | #892 | 25 |
| 1911 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #928 | 12 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,021 | 8 |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #752 | 11 |
| 1905 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #687 | 11 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | #787 | 8 |
| 1893 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Arvel! It came in at #787, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1896–1897, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Arvel is popular in 1900
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Arvel
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
- Biggest jump: 227 spots in 1910 (#1,155 → #928)
- Biggest drop: 443 spots in 1903 (#687 → #1,130)
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1902 at #687 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1910–1923
- Highest: 1 in 11,151 boys born in 1902 were named Arvel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 411,055 boys born in 2006 (0.00%)
- 26.8% of all boys named Arvel (591) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 20 | #787 (1894) | #922 |
| 1900s | 66 | #687 (1902) | #955 |
| 1910s | 433 | #734 (1914) | #844 |
| 1920s | 591 | #760 (1921) | #894 |
| 1930s | 401 | #931 (1939) | #1,034 |
| 1940s | 291 | #1,031 (1940) | #1,303 |
| 1950s | 158 | #1,611 (1955) | #2,062 |
| 1960s | 127 | #1,686 (1961) | #2,471 |
| 1970s | 84 | #2,558 (1971) | #3,626 |
| 1980s | 14 | #4,940 (1980) | #5,200 |
| 1990s | 12 | #7,178 (1990) | #7,300 |
| 2000s | 5 | #12,055 (2006) | #12,055 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Arvel in 1900
Top boys' names in 1900
More about 1900
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150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 18,809 of them was named Arvel, which outranked 35.7% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).