Arvid vs Arvilla
American parents have registered 3,167 Arvids since 1880, against 2,931 Arvillas. Arvid is still ahead, with 9 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Arvid Arvilla
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 116 years in which either name was published, Arvid for 68 years and Arvilla for 48 years. The lead changed hands 15 times.
- 1880–1934 Arvilla ahead, apart from 4 short spells
- 1935–2025 Arvid ahead, apart from one short spell
9 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Arvid | Arvilla | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 3,167 | 2,931 |
| Most in one year | 100 | 96 |
| Babies in 2025 | 9 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 800 | 380 |
| Median age today | 71 | 82 |
| Peak year | 1916 | 1924 |
| Best rank | 574th boys | 761st girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 8,243rd | unranked |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 3,167 | 2,931 / 0 |
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 Arvillas alive today are over 82; half the Arvids are over 71. That is 11 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Arvid Minnesota (28.8×), North Dakota (22.5×), Wisconsin (8.5×)
- Arvilla Wisconsin (11.8×), Minnesota (8.3×), Michigan (3.7×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Arvid and Arvilla.