Alvan
Last seen for boys in 2016 at #12,185
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,101since 1883
Alvan over time
Rank among boys' names. Alvan has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #1,838 | 17 |
| 1950 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #1,544 | 23 |
| 1948 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #1,599 | 22 |
| 1946 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #1,574 | 19 |
| 1943 | #1,577 | 20 |
| 1942 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1940 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,656 | 18 |
| 1934 | #1,860 | 15 |
| 1933 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1932 | #1,198 | 32 |
| 1931 | #1,538 | 21 |
| 1930 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1929 | #1,378 | 27 |
| 1928 | #1,480 | 25 |
| 1927 | #951 | 53 |
| 1926 | #992 | 48 |
| 1925 | #1,279 | 32 |
| 1924 | #1,414 | 28 |
| 1923 | #1,816 | 19 |
| 1922 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #1,475 | 26 |
| 1920 | #1,416 | 27 |
| 1919 | #1,882 | 17 |
| 1918 | #1,313 | 29 |
| 1917 | #1,362 | 26 |
| 1916 | #1,374 | 25 |
| 1915 | #1,410 | 23 |
| 1914 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | #1,353 | 13 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | |
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| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
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| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Alvan! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Alvan is popular in 1928
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#227 · 1 in 3,687
Best ever in a state: #137 in Massachusetts, 1926.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Massachusetts | #227 | 9 | 1 in 3,687 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Alvan
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Biggest jump: 287 spots in 1926 (#1,279 → #992)
- Biggest drop: 529 spots in 1928 (#951 → #1,480)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1883 at #892 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1926–1927
- Highest: 1 in 20,925 boys born in 1883 were named Alvan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 379,548 boys born in 2016 (0.00%)
- 27.2% of all boys named Alvan (300) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #892 (1883) | #892 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,137 (1902) | #1,137 |
| 1910s | 162 | #1,313 (1918) | #1,468 |
| 1920s | 300 | #951 (1927) | #1,434 |
| 1930s | 186 | #1,198 (1932) | #1,666 |
| 1940s | 158 | #1,544 (1949) | #1,888 |
| 1950s | 101 | #1,838 (1951) | #2,683 |
| 1960s | 49 | #2,409 (1961) | #3,444 |
| 1970s | 46 | #3,837 (1974) | #4,704 |
| 1980s | 27 | #5,332 (1986) | #5,523 |
| 1990s | 13 | #5,823 (1990) | #7,346 |
| 2000s | 44 | #7,094 (2007) | #9,660 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,185 (2016) | #12,185 |
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.
Alvan in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 44,305 of them was named Alvan, which outranked 68.7% 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).
- #1,448Osborne26
- #1,448Presley26
- #1,448Shannon26
- #1,480Alvan25
- #1,480Ancil25
- #1,480Budd25
- #1,480Chalmer25
- #1,522Anastacio24
- #1,522Ann24
- #1,522Broadus24
Tied with 41 names at #1,480; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.