Alvah
Last seen for girls in 1941 at #4,420 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to boys 96.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 23 births
- Debut · boys
- 18 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,808since 1880
Alvah over time
Rank among boys' names. Alvah has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
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| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,107 | 8 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,848 | 9 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,530 | 11 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,026 | 16 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,722 | 21 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,791 | 19 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,435 | 28 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,958 | 16 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,939 | 16 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,904 | 16 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,434 | 26 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,702 | 19 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,326 | 11 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,646 | 21 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,509 | 22 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,926 | 13 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,370 | 24 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,529 | 21 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,421 | 24 | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #1,588 | 19 |
| 1940 | — | #1,680 | 17 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,489 | 20 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,559 | 19 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,992 | 13 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,271 | 27 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,494 | 21 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,266 | 28 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,144 | 33 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,035 | 41 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,302 | 28 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,173 | 36 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,214 | 33 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #1,353 | 29 |
| 1927 | — | #1,098 | 42 | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #1,108 | 41 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #1,040 | 44 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #1,169 | 38 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #1,114 | 41 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #1,396 | 28 |
| 1921 | — | #1,412 | 28 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,035 | 45 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,230 | 33 | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #1,062 | 41 |
| 1917 | — | #1,238 | 30 | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #840 | 55 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #925 | 45 |
| 1914 | — | #795 | 44 | |
| 1913 | — | #871 | 31 | |
| 1912 | — | #892 | 25 | |
| 1911 | — | #824 | 16 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #651 | 12 | |
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | #681 | 10 | |
| 1896 | — | #500 | 17 | |
| 1895 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | #615 | 11 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #528 | 14 | |
| 1887 | — | #583 | 10 | |
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | #364 | 23 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #412 | 18 | |
| 1882 | — | #514 | 13 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #403 | 18 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Alvah was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1903–1904, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Alvah
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 597 spots in 1911 (#1,421 → #824)
- Biggest drop: 443 spots in 1908 (#930 → #1,373)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #364 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1880–1897
- Highest: 1 in 4,687 boys born in 1885 were named Alvah (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 20.4% of all boys named Alvah (369) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 132 | #364 (1885) | #543 |
| 1890s | 109 | #500 (1896) | #664 |
| 1900s | 64 | #651 (1902) | #990 |
| 1910s | 326 | #795 (1914) | #1,010 |
| 1920s | 369 | #1,035 (1920) | #1,194 |
| 1930s | 266 | #1,035 (1932) | #1,373 |
| 1940s | 191 | #1,370 (1944) | #1,670 |
| 1950s | 184 | #1,434 (1950) | #1,883 |
| 1960s | 54 | #2,848 (1962) | #3,248 |
| 1970s | 61 | #3,146 (1971) | #4,176 |
| 1980s | 29 | #4,907 (1983) | #5,806 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 11 | #10,744 (2016) | #11,415 |
| 2020s | 12 | #9,763 (2023) | #11,056 |
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.
Alvah in 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
girls
1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 192,220 of them was named Alvah, which outranked 22.9% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,743Zenola7
- #3,743Zenora7
- #3,743Zoa7
- #4,195Alvah6
- #4,195Ader6
- #4,195Adina6
- #4,195Agusta6
- #4,725Adamae5
- #4,725Adelma5
- #4,725Adlena5
Tied with 529 names at #4,195; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 38,194 of them was named Alvah, which outranked 71.4% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,323Sid30
- #1,323Washington30
- #1,323Wheeler30
- #1,353Alvah29
- #1,353Adrien29
- #1,353Alcide29
- #1,353Boris29
- #1,382Alferd28
- #1,382Arlan28
- #1,382Authur28
Tied with 28 names at #1,353; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.