Arvie

Last seen for girls in 1944 at #3,687 · Last seen for boys in 1980 at #6,250
Given to boys 64.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1931 · 15 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
479
since 1913

Arvie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913peak #1,024, 1884peak #1,927, 1931girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1980#6,2505
1979
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1974#5,2275
1973
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1966#3,9485
1965
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1963#3,6466
1962
1961#3,0978
1960
1959#3,0378
1958#2,50611
1957
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1954#3,8275
1953#3,1437
1952#3,7345
1951#3,3646
1950#3,0217
1949#1,94115
1948#3,0107
1947#2,35611
1946#2,6908
1945#2,24210
1944#3,6877#2,8627
1943#2,7328
1942#3,2126
1941#2,8727
1940#2,32210
1939#2,15911
1938#1,97613
1937#3,8006#1,99213
1936#2,18411
1935#1,92914
1934#3,1598#2,39310
1933#3,4067#2,36810
1932#3,5687#2,19112
1931#2,9729#1,92715
1930#3,0559#1,96415
1929#4,5705#2,19913
1928#3,7437#2,65910
1927#3,5618#2,29813
1926#3,8737#2,9049
1925#2,58811
1924#2,51414#2,64111
1923#3,6418#2,22414
1922#2,47914#2,24014
1921#2,37815#2,05916
1920#2,35715#2,76510
1919#3,8177#2,15214
1918#3,02410#2,07315
1917#2,10016#1,98615
1916#3,9196#2,7309
1915#2,38412#2,6219
1914#2,12511
1913#3,1875#2,8215
1912
1911#2,1916
1910
1909
1908
1907#1,8216
1906#1,22910
1905#1,9315
1904#1,3648
1903#1,5926
1902
1901#1,4666
1900
1899
1898#1,7005
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1884#1,0245
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Arvie! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1913–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Arvie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1980
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1931 at #1,927 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1941, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 61,699
  • Highest: 1 in 61,699 boys born in 1917 were named Arvie (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 356,790 boys born in 1980 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,927 in 1931, was only 1 in 69,311 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 25.9% of all boys named Arvie (124) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1945
  • Mostly girls until 1944, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s67#1,986 (1917)#2,397
1920s121#2,059 (1921)#2,458
1930s124#1,927 (1931)#2,108
1940s89#1,941 (1949)#2,624
1950s49#2,506 (1958)#3,233
1960s19#3,097 (1961)#3,564
1970s5#5,227 (1974)#5,227
1980s5#6,250 (1980)#6,250

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.

Arvie in 1913

girls
#3,187
5 births · 1 in 124,909 girls
boys
#2,821
5 births · 1 in 102,513 boys

Top girls' names in 1913

  1. #1Mary36,642
  2. #2Helen18,888
  3. #3Dorothy14,674
  4. #4Margaret14,486
  5. #5Ruth12,609
  6. #6Mildred9,921
  7. #7Anna9,687
  8. #8Elizabeth9,505
  9. #9Frances7,694
  10. #10Marie7,353
  11. #3,187Arvie5

Top boys' names in 1913

  1. #1John29,329
  2. #2William23,538
  3. #3James20,832
  4. #4Robert15,684
  5. #5Joseph14,471
  6. #6George13,874
  7. #7Charles13,191
  8. #8Edward9,474
  9. #9Frank9,237
  10. #10Thomas7,096
  11. #2,821Arvie5
More about 1913

girls

624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 124,909 of them was named Arvie, which outranked 14.0% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arvie
  1. #2,827Zoma6
  2. #2,827Zuma6
  3. #2,827Zylpha6
  4. #3,187Arvie5
  5. #3,187Adalyn5
  6. #3,187Adam5
  7. #3,187Adlee5

Tied with 520 names at #3,187; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. 963Dominga#1,844#881
  2. 931Stacia#1,844#913
  3. 576Olympia#1,477#901
  4. 559Lilah#1,540#981
  5. 445Elfrieda#1,297#852
Fallers
  1. 806Karen#960#1,766
  2. 572Erie#833#1,405
  3. 559Gertha#846#1,405
  4. 527Lossie#938#1,465
  5. 505Ardelia#960#1,465

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

boys

512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 102,513 of them was named Arvie, which outranked 13.5% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arvie
  1. #2,496Zaragoza6
  2. #2,496Zenon6
  3. #2,496Zollie6
  4. #2,821Arvie5
  5. #2,821Abb5
  6. #2,821Abbott5
  7. #2,821Abney5

Tied with 440 names at #2,821; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. 1,050Mathias#1,885#835
  2. 935Hymen#1,885#950
  3. 796Waldemar#1,746#950
  4. 751Rolf#1,746#995
  5. 689Domenico#1,619#930
Fallers
  1. 975Holland#970#1,945
  2. 885Cameron#918#1,803
  3. 868Larue#935#1,803
  4. 726Irene#854#1,580
  5. 688Hughie#892#1,580

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

See the top 100 for 1913