Arvid
#8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,167since 1880
Arvid over time
Rank among boys' names. Arvid has never cracked the top 500 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 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #5,338 | 17 |
| 2020 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2018 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #1,989 | 20 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1961 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #1,910 | 18 |
| 1959 | #1,806 | 20 |
| 1958 | #1,644 | 23 |
| 1957 | #1,234 | 40 |
| 1956 | #1,568 | 25 |
| 1955 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1954 | #1,466 | 27 |
| 1953 | #1,280 | 34 |
| 1952 | #1,430 | 28 |
| 1951 | #1,242 | 35 |
| 1950 | #1,181 | 37 |
| 1949 | #1,297 | 31 |
| 1948 | #1,127 | 40 |
| 1947 | #1,148 | 40 |
| 1946 | #878 | 56 |
| 1945 | #1,056 | 37 |
| 1944 | #1,004 | 42 |
| 1943 | #736 | 77 |
| 1942 | #888 | 55 |
| 1941 | #817 | 60 |
| 1940 | #810 | 59 |
| 1939 | #763 | 63 |
| 1938 | #869 | 51 |
| 1937 | #713 | 71 |
| 1936 | #825 | 55 |
| 1935 | #872 | 52 |
| 1934 | #888 | 50 |
| 1933 | #843 | 54 |
| 1932 | #841 | 57 |
| 1931 | #858 | 55 |
| 1930 | #802 | 65 |
| 1929 | #763 | 70 |
| 1928 | #752 | 73 |
| 1927 | #780 | 71 |
| 1926 | #831 | 63 |
| 1925 | #814 | 66 |
| 1924 | #897 | 60 |
| 1923 | #755 | 75 |
| 1922 | #830 | 67 |
| 1921 | #790 | 73 |
| 1920 | #667 | 91 |
| 1919 | #704 | 79 |
| 1918 | #782 | 69 |
| 1917 | #723 | 72 |
| 1916 | #574 | 100 |
| 1915 | #652 | 79 |
| 1914 | #697 | 54 |
| 1913 | #637 | 49 |
| 1912 | #835 | 28 |
| 1911 | #824 | 16 |
| 1910 | #677 | 19 |
| 1909 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #779 | 12 |
| 1907 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | #727 | 9 |
| 1900 | #902 | 9 |
| 1899 | #661 | 10 |
| 1898 | #663 | 11 |
| 1897 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #641 | 12 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #768 | 8 |
| 1892 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | #635 | 9 |
| 1890 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #673 | 9 |
| 1888 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | #544 | 11 |
| 1886 | #758 | 7 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Arvid was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Arvid is popular in 1948
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#159 · 1 in 1,044
- Minnesota#322 · 1 in 6,784
Best ever in a state: #102 in Minnesota, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #159 | 7 | 1 in 1,044 |
| Minnesota | #322 | 5 | 1 in 6,784 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Arvid
- 744 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #8,243)
- 2,263 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #8,243)
- Biggest jump: 343 spots in 1910 (#1,020 → #677)
- Biggest drop: 271 spots in 1888 (#544 → #815)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1887 at #544 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1910–1943
- Highest: 1 in 8,901 boys born in 1916 were named Arvid (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #544 in 1887, was only 1 in 9,219 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.4% of all boys named Arvid (709) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 44 | #544 (1887) | #765 |
| 1890s | 79 | #635 (1891) | #742 |
| 1900s | 73 | #727 (1901) | #939 |
| 1910s | 565 | #574 (1916) | #711 |
| 1920s | 709 | #667 (1920) | #788 |
| 1930s | 573 | #713 (1937) | #827 |
| 1940s | 497 | #736 (1943) | #976 |
| 1950s | 287 | #1,181 (1950) | #1,470 |
| 1960s | 114 | #1,910 (1960) | #2,692 |
| 1970s | 70 | #1,989 (1970) | #4,149 |
| 1980s | 14 | #4,234 (1982) | #5,752 |
| 1990s | 8 | #7,139 (1999) | #7,139 |
| 2000s | 24 | #9,864 (2009) | #10,580 |
| 2010s | 43 | #5,555 (2019) | #9,228 |
| 2020s | 67 | #5,338 (2021) | #7,429 |
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.
Arvid in 1948
Top boys' names in 1948
More about 1948
boys
1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 43,865 of them was named Arvid, which outranked 73.2% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,107Tex41
- #1,107Waldo41
- #1,107Wyman41
- #1,127Arvid40
- #1,127Carolyn40
- #1,127Cole40
- #1,127Darel40
- #1,145Adan39
- #1,145Brenda39
- #1,145Clovis39
Tied with 17 names at #1,127; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.