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    The first name Orval

    A boy’s name.

    2 syllables Male

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Orval at birth, 1880–2025

    In 1995, 7 boys born in the United States were named Orval, the 7,578th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1918, when 304 were.

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    7,928
    babies named Orval since 1880
    #7,578
    rank in 1995
    1918
    peak year

    US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

    Famous people named Orval

    2 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Orval Faubus
      36th governor of Arkansas (1910-1994)
    • Orval H. Hansen
      American politician (1926-2017)

    Questions

    Is Orval a boy's or a girl's name?
    Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 7,928 US babies named Orval since 1880 were boys.
    When was Orval most popular?
    1918 in the United States, when 304 babies were named Orval, its highest rank at 328th.