Arvil
Masculine
Arvil and Arvilla are a matched pair with no common ancestor that anyone can produce. They appear in the American record within a decade of each other, they behave as a man's name and a woman's name of the same family, and neither of them can be traced to anything at all.
How old is the name Arvil?
Arvil first appears in US birth records in 1892 — 133 years ago. The typical Arvil alive today was born around 1933, making them about 92 years old. About 700 people named Arvil are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Arvil most popular?
Arvil peaked in 1911, reaching #732 nationally. See the whole 1911 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Arvil
Names that look alike get assumed to be related, and the assumption is often wrong. Orville is a French place name that Washington Irving used for a character and that American families took up; Arvil appears at roughly the same period with a different first vowel and no French connection anybody can demonstrate. They may be one name written two ways, or two names that happen to rhyme, and there is no evidence either way. The honest answer is the less satisfying one: a family called Arvil is at the start of its own name's history rather than at the end of somebody else's.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source can be shown. Orville is the name usually offered as a parent, and the two are frequently assumed to be one; the vowels are wrong for that and the record does not support it.
Pronouncing Arvil
AR-vil
Two syllables with the weight at the front. There is no second reading to correct.
Nicknames for Arvil
Moderate
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
- 1892
- Most boys named
- 192479 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #732reached in 1911
- Change vs 1979
- 0.0%6 in 1989, from 6
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.
Arvils among us
people named Arvil 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
Arvil 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
- Both syllables are readable, so the name is said correctly at sight.
- Five letters, two syllables and nothing to explain.
- It is genuinely uncommon while being entirely legible.
- Orville and Arvel will both be written for you at some point.
- There is no established meaning or origin to pass on.
- It reads clearly as a name of the turn of the twentieth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Arvils are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Arvil are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Arvil in 2025?
- Arvil is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Arvil with classmates?
- Arvil will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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