Alven

Last seen for boys in 2012 at #12,274

Peak · boys
1905 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
462
since 1905

Alven over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Alven has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #1,233, 1905boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012#12,2745
2011
2010
2009#12,4915
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004#11,3565
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997#9,2655
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985#6,5235
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972#4,9865
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964#4,0395
1963
1962
1961
1960#4,0385
1959#3,6196
1958
1957#3,9935
1956#3,9425
1955
1954#2,9428
1953
1952#3,7345
1951#2,24612
1950
1949#3,2986
1948
1947
1946#2,6908
1945#2,7437
1944#2,30910
1943#2,40510
1942#2,9407
1941#2,20711
1940#2,6718
1939#2,05012
1938#1,97613
1937#3,1756
1936#1,80115
1935#3,6455
1934#2,02213
1933#2,36810
1932
1931#2,32811
1930#2,44411
1929#2,19913
1928#1,90217
1927#2,19314
1926#2,43612
1925#2,58811
1924#2,13215
1923#2,61411
1922#1,76520
1921#2,26514
1920#2,60211
1919#2,26513
1918#2,54311
1917#2,28012
1916#2,38911
1915#2,18412
1914
1913#2,4966
1912#2,5445
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907#1,3455
1906
1905#1,2335
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First appearance
1905

The first year at least five boys were named Alven! It came in at #1,233, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1905–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Alven
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1905
  • Peaked 1905 at #1,233 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1906, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 26,461
  • Highest: 1 in 26,461 boys born in 1905 were named Alven (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 379,389 boys born in 2012 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 29.9% of all boys named Alven (138) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s10#1,233 (1905)#1,289
1910s70#2,184 (1915)#2,386
1920s138#1,765 (1922)#2,270
1930s96#1,801 (1936)#2,423
1940s67#2,207 (1941)#2,658
1950s41#2,246 (1951)#3,413
1960s10#4,038 (1960)#4,039
1970s5#4,986 (1972)#4,986
1980s5#6,523 (1985)#6,523
1990s5#9,265 (1997)#9,265
2000s10#11,356 (2004)#11,924
2010s5#12,274 (2012)#12,274

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.

Alven in 1922

boys
#1,765
20 births · 1 in 54,408 boys

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #1,765Alven20
More about 1922

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 54,408 of them was named Alven, which outranked 64.5% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alven
  1. #1,695Vilas21
  2. #1,695Virgie21
  3. #1,695Wilmon21
  4. #1,765Alven20
  5. #1,765Addie20
  6. #1,765Adrain20
  7. #1,765Alston20
  8. #1,827Aloys19
  9. #1,827Alwyn19
  10. #1,827Amil19

Tied with 61 names at #1,765; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 520Desmond#1,360#840
  2. 504Gorden#1,226#722
  3. 418Jackie#1,140#722
  4. 417Daryl#843#426
  5. 361Brown#1,360#999
Fallers
  1. 600Adolf#991#1,591
  2. 508Nello#962#1,470
  3. 439Newman#843#1,282
  4. 394Marcos#939#1,333
  5. 343Porfirio#939#1,282

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1922