How Many People Are Named Orval?
people named Orval are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 292,123 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,928 babies named Orval in Social Security records from 1880 to 1995, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
304 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of ORVILLE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Orval in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Orval alive today is about 72 years old, and 83% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 65 and 82 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Orval first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 304 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1995.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 1995
🏆 Rank History
Orval has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #297, in 1902.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #297 (1902) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #397 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Orval alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Orval were born in Texas than in any other state: about 56 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Orval was given 5.6 times as often in Oklahoma, 4.3 times in Kansas and 4 times in West Virginia.
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