Alva
#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 55.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 85 births
- Debut · boys
- 70 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 11,269since 1880
Alva over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,554 | 22 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #4,473 | 31 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #5,248 | 24 | #7,738 | 10 |
| 2022 | #4,671 | 29 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #4,607 | 29 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #3,607 | 41 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #4,343 | 32 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #4,768 | 28 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | #4,990 | 27 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | — | |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #3,909 | 26 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #2,714 | 41 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #3,165 | 31 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #2,704 | 35 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | #3,260 | 26 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | #2,723 | 33 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #2,603 | 36 | #2,058 | 26 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 | #1,718 | 31 |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 | #1,858 | 27 |
| 1976 | #2,664 | 29 | #1,999 | 24 |
| 1975 | #2,516 | 31 | #1,835 | 26 |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 | #1,747 | 27 |
| 1973 | #2,455 | 30 | #1,354 | 38 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 | #1,603 | 29 |
| 1971 | #1,906 | 45 | #1,415 | 36 |
| 1970 | #1,828 | 48 | #1,416 | 35 |
| 1969 | #2,023 | 38 | #1,075 | 52 |
| 1968 | #1,647 | 49 | #1,282 | 35 |
| 1967 | #1,881 | 39 | #1,253 | 36 |
| 1966 | #1,700 | 44 | #1,194 | 39 |
| 1965 | #1,528 | 53 | #1,129 | 44 |
| 1964 | #1,518 | 56 | #1,059 | 51 |
| 1963 | #1,565 | 52 | #1,151 | 45 |
| 1962 | #1,278 | 75 | #1,056 | 52 |
| 1961 | #1,533 | 54 | #950 | 65 |
| 1960 | #1,430 | 59 | #981 | 60 |
| 1959 | #1,499 | 52 | #926 | 68 |
| 1958 | #1,240 | 73 | #1,006 | 57 |
| 1957 | #1,173 | 81 | #995 | 58 |
| 1956 | #1,116 | 85 | #969 | 59 |
| 1955 | #1,010 | 98 | #807 | 82 |
| 1954 | #1,039 | 89 | #892 | 68 |
| 1953 | #1,178 | 67 | #889 | 65 |
| 1952 | #1,046 | 81 | #714 | 97 |
| 1951 | #977 | 91 | #857 | 66 |
| 1950 | #1,018 | 80 | #695 | 97 |
| 1949 | #973 | 84 | #649 | 111 |
| 1948 | #923 | 88 | #633 | 115 |
| 1947 | #909 | 95 | #595 | 131 |
| 1946 | #936 | 79 | #603 | 114 |
| 1945 | #925 | 67 | #558 | 115 |
| 1944 | #836 | 83 | #579 | 112 |
| 1943 | #788 | 97 | #508 | 148 |
| 1942 | #802 | 91 | #532 | 131 |
| 1941 | #735 | 93 | #586 | 102 |
| 1940 | #702 | 98 | #497 | 137 |
| 1939 | #623 | 117 | #485 | 140 |
| 1938 | #687 | 100 | #463 | 156 |
| 1937 | #624 | 118 | #452 | 155 |
| 1936 | #638 | 106 | #416 | 177 |
| 1935 | #604 | 116 | #470 | 146 |
| 1934 | #604 | 119 | #451 | 155 |
| 1933 | #597 | 117 | #442 | 156 |
| 1932 | #559 | 137 | #424 | 175 |
| 1931 | #568 | 135 | #385 | 213 |
| 1930 | #631 | 120 | #402 | 208 |
| 1929 | #609 | 126 | #369 | 241 |
| 1928 | #545 | 163 | #416 | 207 |
| 1927 | #552 | 164 | #374 | 245 |
| 1926 | #570 | 156 | #364 | 259 |
| 1925 | #580 | 154 | #388 | 239 |
| 1924 | #560 | 167 | #362 | 273 |
| 1923 | #593 | 149 | #359 | 274 |
| 1922 | #534 | 174 | #384 | 246 |
| 1921 | #553 | 165 | #351 | 289 |
| 1920 | #541 | 173 | #353 | 278 |
| 1919 | #516 | 174 | #349 | 264 |
| 1918 | #483 | 196 | #346 | 273 |
| 1917 | #526 | 161 | #294 | 317 |
| 1916 | #480 | 176 | #329 | 260 |
| 1915 | #518 | 146 | #324 | 262 |
| 1914 | #507 | 121 | #350 | 178 |
| 1913 | #413 | 142 | #307 | 167 |
| 1912 | #414 | 125 | #312 | 138 |
| 1911 | #446 | 83 | #363 | 58 |
| 1910 | #445 | 80 | #317 | 61 |
| 1909 | #442 | 70 | #268 | 68 |
| 1908 | #464 | 60 | #389 | 36 |
| 1907 | #412 | 74 | #272 | 59 |
| 1906 | #423 | 65 | #246 | 64 |
| 1905 | #442 | 58 | #263 | 57 |
| 1904 | #469 | 49 | #273 | 49 |
| 1903 | #414 | 58 | #257 | 50 |
| 1902 | #420 | 54 | #234 | 60 |
| 1901 | #428 | 49 | #228 | 59 |
| 1900 | #407 | 67 | #237 | 73 |
| 1899 | #467 | 39 | #213 | 61 |
| 1898 | #411 | 56 | #215 | 67 |
| 1897 | #408 | 51 | #204 | 69 |
| 1896 | #334 | 76 | #219 | 68 |
| 1895 | #357 | 61 | #197 | 74 |
| 1894 | #398 | 50 | #194 | 76 |
| 1893 | #422 | 41 | #208 | 66 |
| 1892 | #419 | 40 | #202 | 74 |
| 1891 | #506 | 26 | #188 | 66 |
| 1890 | #429 | 35 | #194 | 68 |
| 1889 | #543 | 22 | #205 | 62 |
| 1888 | #439 | 32 | #202 | 74 |
| 1887 | #378 | 32 | #201 | 58 |
| 1886 | #476 | 21 | #206 | 64 |
| 1885 | #520 | 17 | #243 | 46 |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 | #209 | 62 |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | #172 | 72 |
| 1882 | #507 | 13 | #161 | 85 |
| 1881 | #470 | 13 | #171 | 70 |
| 1880 | #403 | 17 | #180 | 70 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Alva was already there! It came in at #180, and was given to 70 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2002–2003, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Alva is popular in 1907
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Alva
- 1,708 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #10,695)
- 3,193 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #10,695)
- 51 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 143 spots in 1952 (#857 → #714)
- Biggest drop: 175 spots in 1953 (#714 → #889)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #161 (85 births)
- Births halved by 1908, 26 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1880–1957
- Highest: 1 in 1,337 boys born in 1882 were named Alva (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 22.6% of all boys named Alva (2,551) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1999, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 663 | #161 (1882) | #195 |
| 1890s | 689 | #188 (1891) | #203 |
| 1900s | 575 | #228 (1901) | #267 |
| 1910s | 1,978 | #294 (1917) | #329 |
| 1920s | 2,551 | #351 (1921) | #372 |
| 1930s | 1,681 | #385 (1931) | #439 |
| 1940s | 1,216 | #497 (1940) | #574 |
| 1950s | 717 | #695 (1950) | #875 |
| 1960s | 479 | #950 (1961) | #1,113 |
| 1970s | 292 | #1,354 (1973) | #1,741 |
| 1980s | 158 | #2,058 (1980) | #3,161 |
| 1990s | 104 | #4,052 (1995) | #5,480 |
| 2000s | 52 | #5,920 (2000) | #9,099 |
| 2010s | 65 | #6,338 (2017) | #9,272 |
| 2020s | 49 | #7,502 (2020) | #9,139 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Alva in 1907
Top girls' names in 1907
Top boys' names in 1907
More about 1907
girls
318,564 girls got a published name in 1907; 1 in 4,305 of them was named Alva, which outranked 82.8% of the 2,399 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
146,826 boys got a published name in 1907; 1 in 2,489 of them was named Alva, which outranked 82.4% of the 1,549 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.