Arvel
Recorded 1894–2006 · United States
Arvel was most popular in 1921, when 77 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,575 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,202 people named Arvel.
Arvel over time
How old is the name Arvel?
Arvel first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1894, which makes it about 131 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 85 of the 132 years since. It was last recorded in 2006.
How many people are named Arvel?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,202 American births named Arvel 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 515 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Arvel in 2025?
Arvel 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 Arvel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Arvel is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,202 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% 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 Arvel?
Roughly 515 Americans named Arvel are alive today — 23% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 71 years old, and half are between 59 and 81.
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.
Where Arvel is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org