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.

Orval

#1,339 most common boys' name of all time · #3,215 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–1995

Rank among boys
#1,339
Rank overall
#3,215 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
7,928
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1918 #328
Best rank
#294 1902
Girls Boys peak 304/yr
188019001920194019601980

Orval is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1995 — 7 7 #7,001
1993 — 5 5 #8,724
1992 — 6 6 #7,436
1991 — 6 6 #7,284
1987 — 6 6 #6,108
1985 — 7 7 #5,163
1984 — 5 5 #6,336
1983 — 5 5 #6,267
1981 — 5 5 #6,288
1980 — 7 7 #4,953
1979 — 8 8 #4,414
1978 — 7 7 #4,569
1977 — 8 8 #4,178
1976 — 12 12 #3,103
1975 — 7 7 #4,326
1974 — 9 9 #3,569
1973 — 11 11 #3,023
1972 — 8 8 #3,636
1971 — 16 16 #2,369
1970 — 17 17 #2,218
1969 — 17 17 #2,049
1968 — 9 9 #2,911
1967 — 13 13 #2,250
1966 — 19 19 #1,763
1965 — 24 24 #1,598
1964 — 25 25 #1,584
1963 — 20 20 #1,792
1962 — 17 17 #1,971
1961 — 24 24 #1,637
1960 — 44 44 #1,181
1959 — 33 33 #1,363
1958 — 32 32 #1,376
1957 — 33 33 #1,367
1956 — 39 39 #1,220
1955 — 59 59 #977
1954 — 45 45 #1,114
1953 — 48 48 #1,047
1952 — 53 53 #982
1951 — 62 62 #893
1950 — 57 57 #906
1949 — 62 62 #874
1948 — 69 69 #821
1947 — 73 73 #807
1946 — 79 79 #738
1945 — 82 82 #666
1944 — 82 82 #689
1943 — 97 97 #647
1942 — 120 120 #562
1941 — 87 87 #654
1940 — 100 100 #593
1939 — 87 87 #631
1938 — 93 93 #616
1937 — 101 101 #573
1936 — 103 103 #568
1935 — 127 127 #510
1934 — 130 130 #509
1933 — 120 120 #515
1932 — 136 136 #491
1931 — 142 142 #475
1930 — 174 174 #447
1929 7 178 185 #445
1928 — 152 152 #492
1927 — 206 206 #421
1926 — 230 230 #388
1925 — 224 224 #399
1924 — 242 242 #386
1923 — 219 219 #406
1922 — 272 272 #362
1921 — 267 267 #373
1920 — 294 294 #338
1919 5 270 275 #344
1918 — 304 304 #328
1917 — 282 282 #323
1916 — 280 280 #311
1915 — 258 258 #329
1914 — 192 192 #332
1913 — 165 165 #313
1912 — 141 141 #308
1911 — 55 55 #380
1910 — 57 57 #326
1909 — 34 34 #429
1908 — 49 49 #314
1907 — 51 51 #300
1906 — 28 28 #416
1905 — 36 36 #344
1904 — 29 29 #384
1903 — 31 31 #347
1902 — 42 42 #294
1901 — 29 29 #337
1900 — 36 36 #368
1899 — 26 26 #361
1898 — 20 20 #455
1897 — 26 26 #370
1896 — 19 19 #468
1895 — 14 14 #558
1894 — 19 19 #445
1893 — 27 27 #344
1892 — 31 31 #339
1891 — 15 15 #458
1890 — 26 26 #349
1889 — 19 19 #420
1888 — 14 14 #533
1887 — 13 13 #496
1886 — 15 15 #476
1885 — 17 17 #444
1884 — 16 16 #473
1883 — 8 8 #679
1882 — 6 6 #846
1881 — 11 11 #534
1880 — 22 22 #372