Is Orvis a boy or girl name?

Orvis is a boy’s name. Of the 940 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Orvis

Recorded 1885–1961 · United States

Orvis was most popular in 1920, when 44 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,106 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 940 people named Orvis.

Orvis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Orvis’s peak in 1920. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Orvis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Orvis is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 940 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.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org