Arvel · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Arvel.

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Its story

Popularity since 1894

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 85 recorded years as a table

Arvel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1894	69
1895	51
1898	49
1900	53
1902	90
1903	42
1905	68
1906	83
1907	48
1908	52
1909	43
1910	62
1911	58
1912	58
1913	68
1914	78
1915	64
1916	62
1917	71
1918	70
1919	52
1920	61
1921	70
1922	68
1923	59
1924	40
1925	53
1926	44
1927	47
1928	44
1929	51
1930	38
1931	46
1932	43
1933	37
1934	39
1935	36
1936	34
1937	32
1938	33
1939	41
1940	34
1941	23
1942	23
1943	22
1944	20
1945	27
1946	13
1947	16
1948	13
1949	14
1950	11
1951	7
1952	10
1953	7
1954	11
1955	11
1956	6
1957	5
1958	4
1959	7
1960	8
1961	11
1962	6
1963	3
1964	6
1965	4
1966	6
1967	6
1968	5
1969	10
1970	6
1971	8
1972	5
1973	6
1974	3
1975	6
1976	5
1977	5
1978	6
1980	4
1987	4
1990	3
1992	3
2006	2

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Arvel isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2006: 5
Rank in 2006: #12,055
How rare: 1 in 411,054 boys
Since 1894: 2,202

Arvel was last recorded in 2006. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1902, at 90 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Arvel doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.