Is Orville a boy or girl name?
Orville is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 12 boys were named Orville, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.4% of the 35,206 US babies named Orville were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #7,117
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Orville since 1880
- 35,206
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 1,203 babies
Boys and girls named Orville, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 615 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 870 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 1,365 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 7,901 | 41 | 0.5% |
| 1920s | 9,722 | 84 | 0.9% |
| 1930s | 5,825 | 30 | 0.5% |
| 1940s | 3,845 | 0 | 0% |
| 1950s | 2,290 | 0 | 0% |
| 1960s | 1,183 | 0 | 0% |
| 1970s | 615 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980s | 320 | 0 | 0% |
| 1990s | 179 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000s | 132 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 124 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 65 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | #7,117 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 12 | #7,177 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,733 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,716 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,920 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,503 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,480 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 19 | #5,059 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,621 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,975 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,416 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,514 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #10,470 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,588 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #11,802 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,715 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,696 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,723 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 14 | #6,012 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #8,126 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,858 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 12 | #6,155 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,450 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,926 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,329 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,569 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 10 | #6,179 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,401 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,641 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 26 | #2,823 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 16 | #4,039 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,219 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,869 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,585 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,536 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,139 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 27 | #2,290 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,254 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 26 | #2,206 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 34 | #1,781 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 23 | #2,273 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 29 | #1,891 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 31 | #1,842 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 45 | #1,427 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 46 | #1,403 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 39 | #1,525 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 45 | #1,385 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 53 | #1,218 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,311 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 71 | #980 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 57 | #1,097 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,020 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 74 | #938 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 81 | #907 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 86 | #874 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 97 | #787 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 102 | #741 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 82 | #804 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 112 | #701 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 101 | #739 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 111 | #734 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 135 | #676 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 122 | #696 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 166 | #616 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 155 | #629 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 176 | #589 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 183 | #572 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 235 | #507 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 225 | #504 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 196 | #524 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 244 | #467 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 257 | #447 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 256 | #438 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 255 | #426 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 263 | #416 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 291 | #394 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 321 | #380 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 399 | #342 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 332 | #359 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 332 | #326 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 357 | #319 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 475 | #282 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 445 | #287 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 432 | #277 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 461 | #257 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 494 | #238 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 447 | #257 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 515 | #230 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 516 | #222 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 581 | #208 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 593 | #209 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1933 | 627 | #192 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 649 | #198 | 5 | #4,932 |
| 1931 | 656 | #201 | 11 | #2,716 |
| 1930 | 747 | #187 | 9 | #3,266 |
| 1929 | 808 | #174 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 811 | #178 | 9 | #3,386 |
| 1927 | 856 | #172 | 5 | #5,420 |
| 1926 | 894 | #164 | 11 | #3,006 |
| 1925 | 940 | #161 | 11 | #3,074 |
| 1924 | 1,035 | #155 | 9 | #3,605 |
| 1923 | 1,012 | #152 | 7 | #4,277 |
| 1922 | 1,022 | #151 | 12 | #2,919 |
| 1921 | 1,149 | #137 | 12 | #2,895 |
| 1920 | 1,195 | #134 | 8 | #3,873 |
| 1919 | 1,120 | #133 | 6 | #4,676 |
| 1918 | 1,188 | #134 | 11 | #2,977 |
| 1917 | 1,061 | #134 | 5 | #5,142 |
| 1916 | 1,063 | #131 | 7 | #3,839 |
| 1915 | 1,076 | #127 | 7 | #3,706 |
| 1914 | 787 | #133 | 5 | #4,066 |
| 1913 | 676 | #120 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 477 | #136 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 230 | #146 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 223 | #142 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 218 | #126 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 153 | #154 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 148 | #154 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 148 | #140 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 125 | #163 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 134 | #146 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 125 | #150 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 108 | #164 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 94 | #162 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 112 | #186 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 94 | #162 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 101 | #164 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 83 | #185 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 89 | #183 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 92 | #170 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 105 | #146 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 78 | #188 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 84 | #187 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 56 | #212 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 88 | #162 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 64 | #203 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 87 | #174 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 54 | #213 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 63 | #212 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 79 | #168 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 53 | #234 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 59 | #198 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 46 | #254 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 61 | #191 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 49 | #239 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Orville reached #120 in 1913. As a girl name, it reached #2,716 in 1931. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.