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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Orval” in the USA?

Number of people named “Orval” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Orval” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Orval” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Orval” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Orval” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Orval” by birth year

This chart shows how “Orval” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 22 0.00010919 22 -100%
1881 11 0.000057087 11 -100%
1882 6 0.000027084 6 -100%
1883 8 0.000036876 8 -100%
1884 16 0.000065719 16 -100%
1885 17 0.000070582 17 -100%
1886 15 0.000058751 15 -100%
1887 13 0.000052548 13 -100%
1888 14 0.000046749 14 -100%
1889 19 0.000065756 19 -100%
1890 26 0.000086264 26 -100%
1891 15 0.000052324 15 -100%
1892 31 0.000092711 31 -100%
1893 27 0.00008302 27 -100%
1894 19 0.000056098 19 -100%
1895 14 0.000039884 14 -100%
1896 19 0.000053149 19 -100%
1897 26 0.000074937 26 -100%
1898 20 0.000052431 20 -100%
1899 26 0.000076643 26 -100%
1900 36 0.000079954 36 -100%
1901 29 0.000083861 29 -100%
1902 42 0.000108602 42 -100%
1903 31 0.000081322 31 -100%
1904 29 0.000071874 29 -100%
1905 36 0.000084921 36 -100%
1906 28 0.000065352 28 -100%
1907 51 0.000109586 51 -100%
1908 49 0.000100276 49 -100%
1909 34 0.000066507 34 -100%
1910 57 0.000096494 57 -100%
1911 55 0.000085367 55 -100%
1912 141 0.000142704 141 -100%
1913 165 0.000145105 165 -100%
1914 192 0.00013556 192 -100%
1915 258 0.000140797 258 -100%
1916 280 0.000144746 280 -100%
1917 282 0.000140526 282 -100%
1918 304 0.00014002 304 -100%
1919 275 0.000130317 5 270 -96%
1920 294 0.000129937 294 -100%
1921 267 0.000114371 267 -100%
1922 272 0.000118821 272 -100%
1923 219 0.000095115 219 -100%
1924 242 0.000101612 242 -100%
1925 224 0.000096001 224 -100%
1926 230 0.000100178 230 -100%
1927 206 0.000088818 206 -100%
1928 152 0.000067229 152 -100%
1929 185 0.000084392 7 178 -92%
1930 174 0.000078262 174 -100%
1931 142 0.000067478 142 -100%
1932 136 0.000064416 136 -100%
1933 120 0.000060017 120 -100%
1934 130 0.000062596 130 -100%
1935 127 0.000060768 127 -100%
1936 103 0.000049577 103 -100%
1937 101 0.000047403 101 -100%
1938 93 0.000042032 93 -100%
1939 87 0.000039484 87 -100%
1940 100 0.000043428 100 -100%
1941 87 0.000035708 87 -100%
1942 120 0.000043927 120 -100%
1943 97 0.000034366 97 -100%
1944 82 0.000030482 82 -100%
1945 82 0.000030909 82 -100%
1946 79 0.000024724 79 -100%
1947 73 0.000020265 73 -100%
1948 69 0.000019985 69 -100%
1949 62 0.000017792 62 -100%
1950 57 0.00001627 57 -100%
1951 62 0.000016831 62 -100%
1952 53 0.000013955 53 -100%
1953 48 0.000012456 48 -100%
1954 45 0.000011305 45 -100%
1955 59 0.000014695 59 -100%
1956 39 0.000009459 39 -100%
1957 33 0.000007853 33 -100%
1958 32 0.000007741 32 -100%
1959 33 0.000007937 33 -100%
1960 43 0.000010352 43 -100%
1961 24 0.000005794 24 -100%
1962 17 0.000004213 17 -100%
1963 20 0.000005053 20 -100%
1964 25 0.000006431 25 -100%
1965 24 0.00000662 24 -100%
1966 19 0.000005467 19 -100%
1967 13 0.000003829 13 -100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 17 0.000004892 17 -100%
1970 17 0.000004714 17 -100%
1971 16 0.000004662 16 -100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 -100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 -100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 12 0.000003955 12 -100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 -100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 -100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%

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