Orva is a rare variant of Orpha that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Orva is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1967. Orva was first reported in SSA data in 1882 and peaked in 1919 (23 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 5 | — | — | #4,388 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #7,312 | — |
| 1951 | 6 | — | — | #3,619 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | #5,108 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | — | — | #4,127 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | #5,512 | — |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #4,415 | — |
| 1944 | 6 | — | #4,430 | — |
| 1940 | 8 | — | #3,435 | — |
| 1939 | 7 | — | #3,704 | — |
| 1938 | 12 | — | #2,541 | — |
| 1937 | 15 | — | #2,164 | — |
| 1936 | 19 | — | #2,238 | #3,932 |
| 1935 | 16 | — | #2,693 | #4,022 |
| 1934 | 15 | — | #3,098 | #3,572 |
| 1933 | 9 | — | #3,059 | — |
| 1932 | 12 | — | #2,606 | — |
| 1931 | 20 | — | #2,183 | #4,184 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | #4,431 | — |
| 1929 | 18 | — | #2,001 | — |
| 1928 | 11 | — | #2,913 | — |
| 1927 | 12 | — | #2,821 | — |
| 1926 | 18 | — | #2,839 | #4,066 |
| 1925 | 14 | — | #2,586 | — |
| 1924 | 28 | — | #1,911 | #4,220 |
| 1923 | 16 | — | #2,345 | — |
| 1922 | 14 | — | #2,572 | — |
| 1921 | 25 | — | #2,355 | #3,158 |
| 1920 | 29 | — | #1,936 | #3,414 |
| 1919 | 28 | — | #1,731 | #4,636 |
| 1918 | 27 | — | #1,864 | #4,051 |
| 1917 | 17 | — | #2,076 | — |
| 1916 | 29 | — | #1,853 | #2,684 |
| 1915 | 25 | — | #1,778 | #3,721 |
| 1914 | 16 | — | #2,584 | #2,842 |
| 1913 | 16 | — | #1,511 | — |
| 1912 | 11 | — | #1,809 | — |
| 1911 | 8 | — | #1,917 | — |
| 1910 | 5 | — | #2,694 | — |
| 1909 | 8 | — | #1,719 | — |
| 1908 | 6 | — | #2,043 | — |
| 1904 | 6 | — | #1,813 | — |
| 1903 | 5 | — | #2,006 | — |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #2,152 | — |
| 1899 | 5 | — | #1,782 | — |
| 1895 | 7 | — | #1,396 | — |
| 1894 | 6 | — | #1,452 | — |
| 1892 | 5 | — | #1,611 | — |
| 1890 | 5 | — | #1,484 | — |
| 1882 | 5 | — | — | #1,057 |