Orvin

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Orvin has been given to 1,140 babies in the U.S. since 1890. 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 1917, with 45 recorded.

Babies named Orvin, 2024

1 in 669,000

Orvin over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Orvin: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Orvin means

Orvin is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Orvin is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,140 boys were recorded with the name Orvin between 1890 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 45 in 1917; its best national rank was #979 in 1917.

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.

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How common is Orvin?

Orvin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 669,000; 5 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 345,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 463,412 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Orvin 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 2024 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 463,412 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Orvin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Orvins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Orvin was born before 1929 — so the typical Orvin is around 96 today.

Median birth year: 1929; About 96 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 29.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 4.2%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 208; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 29.3% of all recorded uses (334).

Is Orvin 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1917 (45)
Years since peak: 108; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #979; 1917

Spellings of Orvin

Orvin is not the most common spelling — Kevin is, with 48.9% against Orvin's 0.05%.

Kevin48.9%1,184,507
Marvin10.5%254,192
Gavin7.8%189,270
Alvin6.7%161,414
Devin6.5%156,250
Irving1.8%44,364
Corbin1.7%41,112
Irvin1.6%39,922

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 Orvin is used

Across 1910–2025, Orvin was most concentrated in North Dakota — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 42,667 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1North Dakota1 in 20,000
2Minnesota1 in 33,333
3South Dakota1 in 100,000
4Wisconsin1 in 100,000

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. Orvin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Orvin 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: #979; 1917
Peak year: 1917; 45 that year
First recorded: 1890
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 1,140
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Orvin

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

Orvel Edvin Jevin Cavin Orvis Navin Levin Tavin Orvil Javin Brevin Sevin Avin Colvin Jayvin Olvin Norvin Kavin Esvin Galvin Kervin Selvin Corvin Dalvin

Sibling names for Orvin

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

For a sister

Albina Nelle Antonette Harriette Winnifred Maurine Johnie Dovie

For a brother

Regis Meyer Rosario Lyman Winfield Dorsey Granville Abe

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