Arvella vs Arvis

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Arvella Arvis

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 87 years in which either name was published, Arvella for 66 years and Arvis for 21 years. The lead changed hands 18 times.

• 1887–1940 Arvella ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1941–1943 Arvis ahead
• 1944–1949 Arvella ahead
• 1953–1955 Arvis ahead
• 1956–1972 Arvella ahead, apart from 2 short spells
• 1973–1991 Arvis ahead, apart from one short spell
• 2016–2022 Arvella ahead

8 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Arvellas alive today are over 73; half the Arvises are over 70. That is 3 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

• Arvella West Virginia (37.1×), Oklahoma (18.5×)
• Arvis Texas (7.9×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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