Orvel

Boy · recorded 1888–1972

  • 1972last recorded
  • 1888best year

Most popular in 1888.

Last recorded in 1972. 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 1888

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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 61 recorded years as a table
Orvel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188874
189443
189642
190470
190645
190748
190955
191140
191242
191353
191438
191535
191638
191736
191838
191957
192030
192136
192236
192336
192440
192528
192622
192731
192824
192932
193026
193120
193213
193329
193425
193534
193616
193723
193813
193916
194014
194110
194217
194314
194412
19456
19466
19479
19486
19495
19505
19516
19525
19533
19543
19555
19564
19573
19584
19603
19612
19623
19635
19653
19725

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Orvel 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 1972
8
Rank in 1972
#3,622
How rare
1 in 202,701 boys
Since 1888
1,157

Orvel was last recorded in 1972. 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 1888, at 74 per million boys born.

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

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