Orvis

Last seen for boys in 1961 at #3,356

Peak · boys
1885 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
940
since 1885

Orvis over time

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Rank among boys' names. Orvis has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #836, 1885boys
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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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1961#3,3567
1960#3,0778
1959#2,8219
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1955#2,9648
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1953#2,53110
1952#2,51410
1951#3,3646
1950#2,5809
1949#2,6069
1948#2,44310
1947#2,6719
1946#2,14312
1945#2,5748
1944#1,89014
1943#1,76417
1942#1,94614
1941#1,90314
1940#1,36824
1939#1,87914
1938#1,61318
1937#1,40323
1936#1,50520
1935#1,83715
1934#1,21330
1933#1,49821
1932#1,92215
1931#1,58920
1930#1,64420
1929#1,52323
1928#1,52224
1927#1,26733
1926#1,29631
1925#1,33230
1924#1,28732
1923#1,58923
1922#1,24234
1921#1,10141
1920#1,04544
1919#1,04742
1918#1,76719
1917#1,75518
1916#1,04338
1915#1,37224
1914#1,00331
1913#1,36515
1912#1,41712
1911
1910#1,1938
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1908#1,0218
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1900#1,3105
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1894#1,0745
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1885#8366
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First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Orvis! It came in at #836, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1907, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Orvis
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1961
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1885 at #836 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1885
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,967
  • Highest: 1 in 17,967 boys born in 1885 were named Orvis (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 303,456 boys born in 1961 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 33.5% of all boys named Orvis (315) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#836 (1885)#836
1890s5#1,074 (1894)#1,074
1900s13#1,021 (1908)#1,166
1910s207#1,003 (1914)#1,329
1920s315#1,045 (1920)#1,320
1930s196#1,213 (1934)#1,610
1940s131#1,368 (1940)#2,131
1950s52#2,514 (1952)#2,796
1960s15#3,077 (1960)#3,217

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.

Orvis in 1885

boys
#836
6 births · 1 in 17,967 boys

Top boys' names in 1885

  1. #1John8,756
  2. #2William8,044
  3. #3James5,175
  4. #4George4,674
  5. #5Charles4,599
  6. #6Frank3,067
  7. #7Joseph2,540
  8. #8Henry2,406
  9. #9Robert2,322
  10. #10Thomas2,266
  11. #836Orvis6
More about 1885

boys

107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 17,967 of them was named Orvis, which outranked 23.8% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Orvis
  1. #765Wilhelm7
  2. #765Wong7
  3. #765Woodie7
  4. #836Orvis6
  5. #836Ab6
  6. #836Abel6
  7. #836Algie6
  8. #936Ada5
  9. #936Albion5
  10. #936Alcide5

Tied with 99 names at #836; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. 426Bryant#848#422
  2. 424Butler#971#547
  3. 424Cyril#971#547
  4. 409Gerhard#848#439
  5. 394Rowland#971#577
Fallers
  1. 520Clarance#416#936
  2. 416Oswald#520#936
  3. 389Doctor#547#936
  4. 366Dexter#570#936
  5. 366Gustaf#570#936

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

See the top 100 for 1885