How rare is the name Arvin?

4,099 people in the United States have the first name Arvin, about 1 in 73,684. It ranks #4,514 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ARVIN

#4,514

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,099
About
1 in 73,684
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,099 people named Arvin, 41.2% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 37.9% as White and 8.3% as Black. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Arvin peaked in 2017, when 106 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18872025
Peak year
2017
Births that year
106
In 2025*
68 ▼36%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,385 babies have been given the name since 1887. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Arvin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,549. The largest share of babies named Arvin, 20.4%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1880s#3,1215
1890s#3,9395
1900s#2,95038
1910s#2,197276
1920s#1,886542
1930s#1,549667
1940s#1,959542
1950s#2,547448
1960s#3,530295
1970s#4,041306
1980s#5,564245
1990s#5,739324
2000s#5,405496
2010s#4,259755
2020s#4,347441
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2713.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4520.4%
Baby boom 1946–6415.5%
Generation X 1965–808.8%
Millennials 1981–968%
Generation Z 1997–1214.7%
2013 and later18.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Arvin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Arvin has been most common in California (4.1×), Kentucky (4.1×), and Minnesota (3.3×), and least common in Texas (1.4×).

1,742 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Arvin

1 other first name also has 4,099 people.

#4,514 Shavon · 4,099

Either side of Arvin

#4,512 Anja · 4,102#4,513 Niya · 4,100#4,514 Shavon · 4,099#4,516 Sahil · 4,098

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Arvin, most common first.

#5,411 Arvind · 3,183#39,641 Arbin · 190#48,685 Arvon · 130

Also a last name

As a last name, Arvin ranks #13,289 of 156,621, with 2,198 people. See Arvin as a last name

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