Arvella

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306

Peak · girls
#1,075
1902 · 11 births
Debut · girls
1887
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,413
since 1887

Arvella over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Arvella has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201904peak #1,075, 1902girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
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2022#15,3065
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2019#13,7996
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2016#14,3316
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1979#10,2105
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1976#8,1566
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1973#8,4235
1972#8,2925
1971#8,3245
1970#5,8188
1969#6,6176
1968#3,61014
1967#4,9828
1966#3,95911
1965#5,2897
1964#5,0088
1963#3,17616
1962#4,01111
1961#4,00911
1960#3,35714
1959#3,61912
1958#3,74711
1957#3,30913
1956#3,32113
1955#2,97115
1954#3,15713
1953#4,2268
1952#2,80615
1951#3,28411
1950#3,05212
1949#2,72614
1948#2,18820
1947#1,86327
1946#2,15319
1945#2,45813
1944#2,02718
1943#2,15117
1942#2,31115
1941#2,09616
1940#1,31332
1939#1,68421
1938#1,59623
1937#1,21935
1936#1,54923
1935#1,44926
1934#1,69720
1933#1,08541
1932#1,38229
1931#1,42127
1930#1,27435
1929#1,48727
1928#1,22339
1927#1,52329
1926#1,16643
1925#1,27238
1924#1,40934
1923#1,38833
1922#1,28537
1921#1,27637
1920#1,34934
1919#1,64924
1918#1,27735
1917#1,77320
1916#1,27832
1915#1,25831
1914#1,66516
1913#1,30819
1912#1,47714
1911#1,24114
1910#1,42111
1909#1,36910
1908#1,4399
1907#1,09213
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1905#1,16211
1904#1,17010
1903#1,7925
1902#1,07511
1901#1,4666
1900#1,9325
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1896#1,5835
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1892#1,4505
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1887#1,1475
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First appearance
1887

The first year at least five girls were named Arvella! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1887–1900, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Arvella
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1902 at #1,075 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 24,007
  • Highest: 1 in 24,007 girls born in 1902 were named Arvella (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 24.8% of all girls named Arvella (351) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,147 (1887)#1,147
1890s10#1,450 (1892)#1,517
1900s80#1,075 (1902)#1,389
1910s216#1,241 (1911)#1,435
1920s351#1,166 (1926)#1,338
1930s280#1,085 (1933)#1,436
1940s191#1,313 (1940)#2,129
1950s123#2,806 (1952)#3,349
1960s106#3,176 (1963)#4,402
1970s34#5,818 (1970)#8,204
1980s0——
1990s0——
2000s0——
2010s12#13,799 (2019)#14,065
2020s5#15,306 (2022)#15,306

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Arvella in 1904

girls
#1,170
10 births · 1 in 27,536 girls

Top girls' names in 1904

  1. #1Mary14,961
  2. #2Helen6,488
  3. #3Anna5,330
  4. #4Margaret5,302
  5. #5Ruth4,900
  6. #6Elizabeth3,833
  7. #7Marie3,595
  8. #8Florence3,572
  9. #9Mildred3,525
  10. #10Dorothy3,477
  11. #1,170Arvella10
More about 1904

girls

275,362 girls got a published name in 1904; 1 in 27,536 of them was named Arvella, which outranked 46.0% of the 2,165 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arvella
  1. #1,092Vernal11
  2. #1,092Vlasta11
  3. #1,092Zenobia11
  4. #1,170Arvella10
  5. #1,170America10
  6. #1,170Anabel10
  7. #1,170Annice10
  8. #1,251Adelene9
  9. #1,251Aimee9
  10. #1,251Alcie9

Tied with 80 names at #1,170; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. ↑ 882Electa#1,592 → #710
  2. ↑ 882Edris#1,792 → #910
  3. ↑ 827Lannie#1,792 → #965
  4. ↑ 827Madalyn#1,792 → #965
  5. ↑ 800Amber#1,440 → #640
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,041Genie#836 → #1,877
  2. ↓ 981Doshie#896 → #1,877
  3. ↓ 981Matilde#896 → #1,877
  4. ↓ 908Aida#969 → #1,877
  5. ↓ 908Silvia#969 → #1,877

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1904 →