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Arvis

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Arvis has been given to 829 babies in the U.S. since 1913. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1935, with 19 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% boys, 23% girls all-time.

Babies named Arvis, 1991

1 in 779,000

Arvis over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Arvis over time

In 1991, Arvis went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19131991

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Arvis: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Arvis means

Arvis is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Arvis is used in Latvian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 640 boys were recorded with the name Arvis between 1913 and 1991. Its highest annual count was 19 in 1935; its best national rank was #1,588 in 1935.

In the United States, 189 girls were recorded with the name Arvis between 1917 and 1965. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1955; its best national rank was #2,306 in 1940.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Arvis?

Arvis had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1991, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1991
1 in 779,000
5 of 3,892,928 births
Among boys only
1 in 404,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1991
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
539,676 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Arvis sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1991 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 539,676 children born in 1991 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arvis. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arviss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arvis was born before 1939 — so the typical Arvis is around 86 today.

Median birth year
1939
About 86 years old
Biggest decade
1930s
23.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
11.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
207
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1930s — 23.4% of all recorded uses (150).

Is Arvis rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1935 (19)
Years since peak
90
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,588
1935

Spellings of Arvis

Arvis is not the most common spelling — Travis is, with 28.5% against Arvis's 0.06%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Arvis is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Arvis was most concentrated in Kentucky — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 451,409 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Kentucky1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Arvis has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Arvis is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Arvis was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 580,767 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Arvis has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Arvis by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,588
1935
Peak year
1935
19 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
1991
All-time count
640
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,306
1940
Peak year
1955
14 that year
First recorded
1917
Last recorded
1965
All-time count
189
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Arvis

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Arvis

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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