Orville
Orville is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. Its best rank was 120th, in 1913.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 120.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 19201,195 births
- Best rank
- #120in 1913
- Since 1880
- 35,051people given the name
The story in the numbers
35,051 boys have been named Orville in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 1,195 births — 0.11% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 12 births in 2024, against 1,195 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1926, and the 1920s alone account for 28%. It has spent 94 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Orville | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 615 | |
| 1890s | 870 | |
| 1900s | 1,365 | |
| 1910s | 7,901 | |
| 1920s | 9,722 | |
| 1930s | 5,825 | |
| 1940s | 3,845 | |
| 1950s | 2,290 | |
| 1960s | 1,183 | |
| 1970s | 615 | |
| 1980s | 320 | |
| 1990s | 179 | |
| 2000s | 132 | |
| 2010s | 124 | |
| 2020s | 65 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Orville was the 134th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Orville
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Wilburpeak 1918
- Orvalpeak 1918
- Alphonsepeak 1918
- Clementpeak 1918
- Clairpeak 1923
- Morrispeak 1918
- Ellsworthpeak 1918
- Hubertpeak 1924
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.