Arvid
Arvid is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. Its best rank was 547th, in 1887.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1916100 births
- Best rank
- #547in 1887
- Since 1880
- 3,158people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,158 boys have been named Arvid in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1916, with 100 births.
The name has all but left use: 8 births in 2024, against 100 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1931, and the 1920s alone account for 22%. It has spent 55 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Arvid | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 44 | |
| 1890s | 79 | |
| 1900s | 73 | |
| 1910s | 565 | |
| 1920s | 709 | |
| 1930s | 573 | |
| 1940s | 497 | |
| 1950s | 287 | |
| 1960s | 114 | |
| 1970s | 70 | |
| 1980s | 14 | |
| 1990s | 8 | |
| 2000s | 24 | |
| 2010s | 43 | |
| 2020s | 58 |
In 1916, its biggest year
Arvid was the 575th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1916 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1916.
Names that rose and fell with Arvid
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Clairpeak 1923
- Edmonpeak 1924
- Waltonpeak 1922
- Howardpeak 1921
- Elwoodpeak 1921
- Loydpeak 1926
- Rowlandpeak 1917
- Earlpeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.