Arva
Feminine
Arva is a short, open name of two syllables, rare and old. It happens to be a Latin word, the poets' word for ploughed fields.
How old is the name Arva?
Arva first appears in US birth records in 1893 — 132 years ago. The typical Arva alive today was born around 1930, making them about 95 years old. About 200 people named Arva are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Arva most popular?
Arva peaked in 1893, reaching #1277 nationally. See the whole 1893 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Arva
In Latin, arvum was a ploughed field, and its plural arva appears in Virgil and the other poets for the tilled land of Italy; it comes from arare, to plow, the same verb that gave English arable. Arva as an American name has no recorded link to it. But the sound carries that image of open, worked earth under the sky, which is a good thing for a name to carry.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source records the origin of Arva as an American girl's name. It matches Latin arva, ploughed fields, but no record says a family chose it for that reason.
Pronouncing Arva
AR-vuh
Two syllables, stressed on the first.
Nicknames for Arva
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1893
- Most girls named
- 192624 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1277reached in 1893
- Change vs 1965
- 0.0%5 in 1973, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Arvas among us
people named Arva are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Arva sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is short and easy to say.
- It is almost certainly unique among the people she will meet.
- People will hear Ava or Eva and correct it.
- There is no recorded meaning to give when someone asks.
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Frequently asked
- How many Arvas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Arva are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Arva in 2025?
- Arva is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Arva with classmates?
- Arva will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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