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Arvin

“Meaning not established”

Boy's name · #2127 in the US (2025) · Heirloom

Arvin is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1937, when it ranked #650. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 5,400 boys since 1887, ranked #2127 today.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,300 boys in Sweden (2025) · about 1 in 2,300 boys in Norway (2025) · about 1 in 5,100 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Arvins

• Arvin Slagter — Dutch basketball player
• Arvin Moazemi — Iranian bicycle racer
• Arvin Appiah — Dutch association football player
• Arvin Chen — American film director
• Arvin Cantor Diesmos — Filipino herpetologist

In stories & tradition

• Arvin Sloane — Alias
• Arvin Green — Sagan om Sune

What Arvins become

Among 27 notable people named Arvin:

Entertainers appear 1.91× more often than among typical names — e.g. Arvin Chen, American film director.

Similar names: Harvey · Harlen · Arlan · Konrad · Armin · Ervin

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