Orval

Boy · recorded 1880–1995

  • 1995last recorded
  • 1907best year

Most popular in 1907.

Last recorded in 1995. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

017434718801909193819661995

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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 110 recorded years as a table
Orval, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880199
1881109
188253
188376
1884140
1885158
1886135
1887128
1888116
1889172
1890234
1891148
1892254
1893240
1894164
1895119
1896159
1897231
1898163
1899245
1900239
1901272
1902342
1903260
1904226
1905272
1906210
1907347
1908317
1909207
1910293
1911243
1912328
1913322
1914293
1915304
1916315
1917305
1918300
1919275
1920276
1921242
1922250
1923200
1924214
1925201
1926207
1927183
1928137
1929165
1930159
1931137
1932130
1933121
1934126
1935122
193699
193795
193884
193979
194086
194171
194287
194368
194460
194561
194649
194740
194839
194935
195032
195133
195227
195324
195422
195529
195618
195715
195815
195915
196021
196111
19628
196310
196413
196513
196611
19677
19685
196910
19709
19719
19725
19737
19746
19754
19768
19775
19784
19795
19804
19813
19833
19843
19854
19873
19913
19923
19933
19954

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Orval 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1995
7
Rank in 1995
#6,992
How rare
1 in 271,957 boys
Since 1880
7,916

Orval was last recorded in 1995. 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 1907, at 347 per million boys born.

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

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