Arvin
Arvin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 70 births. Its best rank was 650th, in 1937.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 700.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 2017106 births
- Best rank
- #650in 1937
- Since 1887
- 5,316people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,316 boys have been named Arvin in the United States since 1887, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 106 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 2010s alone account for 14%. It has spent 35 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Arvin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 38 | |
| 1910s | 276 | |
| 1920s | 542 | |
| 1930s | 667 | |
| 1940s | 542 | |
| 1950s | 448 | |
| 1960s | 295 | |
| 1970s | 306 | |
| 1980s | 245 | |
| 1990s | 324 | |
| 2000s | 496 | |
| 2010s | 755 | |
| 2020s | 372 |
In 2017, its biggest year
Arvin was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2017 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Logan. See all of 2017.
Names that rose and fell with Arvin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Harlenpeak 1936
- Ardenpeak 2024
- Aldonpeak 1929
- Darwinpeak 1958
- Harlanpeak 1924
- Harlinpeak 1924
- Jackpeak 1927
- Lionelpeak 2023
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.