Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Arvell

#8,300 most common boys' name of all time · #20,960 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2015

Rank among boys
#8,300
Rank overall
#20,960 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
396
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1929 #2,184
Best rank
#2,184 1929
Girls Boys peak 14/yr
19201940196019802000

Arvell first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2015 — 5 5 #12,218
2005 — 5 5 #11,609
1996 — 6 6 #8,084
1990 — 7 7 #6,530
1989 — 6 6 #7,084
1988 — 5 5 #7,427
1985 — 5 5 #6,702
1978 — 7 7 #4,678
1977 — 5 5 #6,041
1976 — 6 6 #5,105
1975 — 5 5 #5,649
1970 — 9 9 #3,356
1968 — 7 7 #3,487
1967 — 9 9 #2,849
1965 — 5 5 #4,103
1964 — 5 5 #4,228
1963 — 6 6 #3,812
1962 — 7 7 #3,457
1961 — 6 6 #3,820
1960 — 5 5 #4,257
1959 — 9 9 #2,928
1957 — 6 6 #3,761
1956 — 10 10 #2,734
1954 — 9 9 #2,862
1953 — 6 6 #3,610
1952 — 8 8 #3,010
1951 — 5 5 #3,951
1950 — 10 10 #2,540
1949 — 6 6 #3,501
1948 — 8 8 #2,919
1947 — 7 7 #3,253
1946 — 5 5 #3,760
1945 — 6 6 #3,196
1943 — 5 5 #3,798
1942 — 9 9 #2,665
1941 — 6 6 #3,352
1939 — 8 8 #2,767
1938 — 10 10 #2,444
1937 — 5 5 #3,784
1936 — 6 6 #3,388
1935 — 11 11 #2,363
1934 — 6 6 #3,505
1933 — 6 6 #3,505
1931 — 5 5 #4,026
1929 — 14 14 #2,184
1928 — 10 10 #2,794
1927 — 6 6 #3,999
1924 — 5 5 #4,583
1923 — 13 13 #2,430
1922 — 8 8 #3,429
1921 — 8 8 #3,397
1920 — 10 10 #2,927
1919 — 8 8 #3,301
1917 — 7 7 #3,403
1916 — 8 8 #3,105
1914 — 6 6 #3,153