Orville
Orville is a masculine given name created for a character in the novel Evelina by Frances Burney. Meaning golden town or golden settlement. It may refer to:
Meaning & Origin of Orville
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Orville is a masculine given name created for a character in the novel Evelina by Frances Burney. Meaning golden town or golden settlement. It may refer to:
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The Story of Orville
Orville first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 49 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1920, when 1,195 Orvilles were born — ranking #134 that year. As of 2026, Orville ranks #6,695 for baby boys with 12 births, falling sharply (-19%). In total, more than 35K Orvilles have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Orville
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- Orville E. Atwood (1880–1939), American politician
- Orville E. Babcock (1835–1884), American general
- Orville Hickman Browning (1806–1881), American politician
- Orville Bulman (1904-1978), American businessman-turned-painter
- Orville Richard Burrell (born 1968), stage name Shaggy (musician) , Jamaican-American singer
- Orville Carlisle (1917–1988), American inventor
- Orville Dewey (1794-1882), American clergyman
- Orville Lloyd Douglas (born 1976), Canadian poet and writer
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Names that sound like Orville
Phonetically similar names — useful when Orville is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Orville
Orville is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 35K births in the dataset. Orville's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #119. Use the chart and map above to compare Orville's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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