How Many People Are Named Orville?
people named Orville are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 53,546 people in the US has this name
Based on 35,220 babies named Orville in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
1,203 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
This name was invented by the 18th-century writer Fanny Burney, who perhaps intended it to mean "golden city" in French. Orville Wright (1871-1948), together with his brother Wilbur, invented the first successful airplane.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Orville (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Orville alive today is about 67 years old, and 73% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 58 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Orville first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 1,203 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Orville has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #120, in 1913. In 2025 it ranked #6,343.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,343 |
| Best rank | #120 (1913) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #158 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Orville alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Orville were born in Kentucky than in any other state: about 454 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Orville was given 4.5 times as often in North Dakota, 4.3 times in South Dakota and 3 times in Kentucky.
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