Orval
Last seen for girls in 1929 at #3,682 · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #6,992
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1902 · 42 births
- Debut · boys
- 22 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,916since 1880
Orval over time
Rank among boys' names. Orval has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,095 | 12 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,366 | 16 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,213 | 17 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,046 | 17 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,242 | 13 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,757 | 19 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,595 | 24 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,581 | 25 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,792 | 20 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,635 | 24 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,178 | 44 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,360 | 33 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,370 | 32 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,364 | 33 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,218 | 39 | |
| 1955 | — | #976 | 59 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,112 | 45 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,046 | 48 | |
| 1952 | — | #981 | 53 | |
| 1951 | — | #892 | 62 | |
| 1950 | — | #904 | 57 | |
| 1949 | — | #872 | 62 | |
| 1948 | — | #821 | 69 | |
| 1947 | — | #805 | 73 | |
| 1946 | — | #738 | 79 | |
| 1945 | — | #664 | 82 | |
| 1944 | — | #687 | 82 | |
| 1943 | — | #647 | 97 | |
| 1942 | — | #562 | 120 | |
| 1941 | — | #654 | 87 | |
| 1940 | — | #591 | 100 | |
| 1939 | — | #629 | 87 | |
| 1938 | — | #615 | 93 | |
| 1937 | — | #573 | 101 | |
| 1936 | — | #566 | 103 | |
| 1935 | — | #509 | 127 | |
| 1934 | — | #508 | 130 | |
| 1933 | — | #515 | 120 | |
| 1932 | — | #491 | 136 | |
| 1931 | — | #474 | 142 | |
| 1930 | — | #447 | 174 | |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #444 | 178 |
| 1928 | — | #492 | 152 | |
| 1927 | — | #421 | 206 | |
| 1926 | — | #387 | 230 | |
| 1925 | — | #399 | 224 | |
| 1924 | — | #386 | 242 | |
| 1923 | — | #406 | 219 | |
| 1922 | — | #362 | 272 | |
| 1921 | — | #373 | 267 | |
| 1920 | — | #338 | 294 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #343 | 270 |
| 1918 | — | #327 | 304 | |
| 1917 | — | #323 | 282 | |
| 1916 | — | #311 | 280 | |
| 1915 | — | #329 | 258 | |
| 1914 | — | #331 | 192 | |
| 1913 | — | #313 | 165 | |
| 1912 | — | #306 | 141 | |
| 1911 | — | #379 | 55 | |
| 1910 | — | #326 | 57 | |
| 1909 | — | #428 | 34 | |
| 1908 | — | #314 | 49 | |
| 1907 | — | #300 | 51 | |
| 1906 | — | #411 | 28 | |
| 1905 | — | #337 | 36 | |
| 1904 | — | #379 | 29 | |
| 1903 | — | #346 | 31 | |
| 1902 | — | #291 | 42 | |
| 1901 | — | #334 | 29 | |
| 1900 | — | #365 | 36 | |
| 1899 | — | #355 | 26 | |
| 1898 | — | #452 | 20 | |
| 1897 | — | #367 | 26 | |
| 1896 | — | #462 | 19 | |
| 1895 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1894 | — | #439 | 19 | |
| 1893 | — | #341 | 27 | |
| 1892 | — | #335 | 31 | |
| 1891 | — | #456 | 15 | |
| 1890 | — | #345 | 26 | |
| 1889 | — | #415 | 19 | |
| 1888 | — | #528 | 14 | |
| 1887 | — | #488 | 13 | |
| 1886 | — | #470 | 15 | |
| 1885 | — | #439 | 17 | |
| 1884 | — | #468 | 16 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | #533 | 11 | |
| 1880 | — | #363 | 22 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Orval was already there! It came in at #363, and was given to 22 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1981–1984, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Orval
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1995
- Biggest jump: 209 spots in 1884 (#677 → #468)
- Biggest drop: 304 spots in 1882 (#533 → #837)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1902 at #291 (42 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 60 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1880–1952
- Highest: 1 in 2,879 boys born in 1907 were named Orval (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 271,957 boys born in 1995 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #291 in 1902, was only 1 in 2,920 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.9% of all boys named Orval (2,284) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 141 | #363 (1880) | #522 |
| 1890s | 223 | #335 (1892) | #411 |
| 1900s | 365 | #291 (1902) | #351 |
| 1910s | 2,004 | #306 (1912) | #329 |
| 1920s | 2,284 | #338 (1920) | #401 |
| 1930s | 1,213 | #447 (1930) | #533 |
| 1940s | 851 | #562 (1942) | #704 |
| 1950s | 461 | #892 (1951) | #1,122 |
| 1960s | 212 | #1,178 (1960) | #1,870 |
| 1970s | 103 | #2,213 (1970) | #3,530 |
| 1980s | 35 | #4,940 (1980) | #5,832 |
| 1990s | 24 | #6,992 (1995) | #7,596 |
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.
Orval in 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 226,023 of them was named Orval, which outranked 13.4% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 745 names at #4,814; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 3,630 of them was named Orval, which outranked 92.9% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).