Arva
Recorded 1893–1973 · United States
Arva was most popular in 1926, when 24 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,039 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 552 people named Arva.
Arva over time
How old is the name Arva?
Arva first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1893, which makes it about 132 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 50 of the 133 years since. It was last recorded in 1973.
How many people are named Arva?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 552 American births named Arva between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 149 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Arva in 2025?
Arva was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Arva a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Arva is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 552 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Arva?
Roughly 149 Americans named Arva are alive today — 27% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 76 years old, and half are between 69 and 86.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org