How Many People Are Named Orvel?
people named Orvel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,888,314 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,157 babies named Orvel in Social Security records from 1888 to 1972, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
56 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Orvel in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Orvel alive today is about 76 years old, and 96% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 68 and 83 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Orvel first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 1919, to 56 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1972.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 1972
🏆 Rank History
Orvel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #742, in 1888.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #742 (1888) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,222 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Orvel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Orvel were born in Texas than in any other state: about 3 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Orvel was given about 22.6 times as often in Oklahoma.
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