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
- Peak · boys
- 1931 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 479since 1913
Arvie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
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| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
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| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
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| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
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| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,506 | 11 | |
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| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,143 | 7 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,364 | 6 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,356 | 11 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,322 | 10 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,159 | 11 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,976 | 13 | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | — | #2,184 | 11 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,929 | 14 | |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #1,927 | 15 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | — | #2,588 | 11 | |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 | #2,240 | 14 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | #2,059 | 16 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #2,073 | 15 |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 | #1,986 | 15 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 | — | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | — | |
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| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
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| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
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| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
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| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1980
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1931 at #1,927 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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
- 25.9% of all boys named Arvie (124) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1944, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 67 | #1,986 (1917) | #2,397 |
| 1920s | 121 | #2,059 (1921) | #2,458 |
| 1930s | 124 | #1,927 (1931) | #2,108 |
| 1940s | 89 | #1,941 (1949) | #2,624 |
| 1950s | 49 | #2,506 (1958) | #3,233 |
| 1960s | 19 | #3,097 (1961) | #3,564 |
| 1970s | 5 | #5,227 (1974) | #5,227 |
| 1980s | 5 | #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
Top girls' names in 1913
Top boys' names in 1913
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).
Tied with 520 names at #3,187; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
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).
Tied with 440 names at #2,821; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.