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Boy

Orville

Orville is a boy's name, a solidly familiar choice, that was at its most popular in the 1920s and is rarely chosen now.

EtymologyPossibly coined by novelist Fanny Burney
EtymologyOf uncertain meaning, sometimes glossed "golden city"
Births by decade
1900s
1,365
1910s
7,942
1920s
9,805
1930s
5,855
1940s
3,845
1950s
2,289
1960s
1,182
1970s
616
1980s
320
1990s
179
2000s
132
2010s
96
Peaked in the 1920s · 33,626 total U.S. births since 1900