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 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 159,509 of them was named Orval, which outranked 30.2% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 6,043 of them was named Orval, which outranked 90.2% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).