Alvera

Last seen for girls in 2008 at #15,405

Peak · girls
1917 · 107 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,515
since 1891

Alvera over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alvera has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201907peak #657, 1917girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2008#15,4056
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1980#7,4188
1979#9,0106
1978#9,7505
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1973#5,5809
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1971#7,3886
1970#5,8188
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1968#6,2466
1967#5,4577
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1965#5,2897
1964#4,6369
1963#5,2967
1962#4,5339
1961#3,60813
1960#4,18410
1959#5,0317
1958#3,74711
1957#3,15014
1956#2,82617
1955#2,63518
1954#2,88915
1953#2,81215
1952#2,50218
1951#2,11622
1950#2,43617
1949#1,96724
1948#2,41617
1947#2,20020
1946#2,02421
1945#1,87420
1944#2,02718
1943#1,70325
1942#2,04618
1941#1,61024
1940#1,63523
1939#1,54424
1938#1,59623
1937#1,21935
1936#1,37528
1935#1,26432
1934#1,16637
1933#1,15837
1932#1,09742
1931#1,01048
1930#89465
1929#85569
1928#84074
1927#91167
1926#78385
1925#77391
1924#81783
1923#75792
1922#711104
1921#79784
1920#706105
1919#73990
1918#671113
1917#657107
1916#72788
1915#70489
1914#82750
1913#74849
1912#86833
1911#98220
1910#83127
1909#1,29011
1908#1,04415
1907#74925
1906#89517
1905#1,23810
1904#1,09211
1903#96913
1902#1,4387
1901#79517
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1899#1,1818
1898#1,7005
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First appearance
1891

The first year at least five girls were named Alvera! It came in at #1,332, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1891–1898, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Alvera is popular in 1907

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Alvera
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
  • Biggest jump: 469 spots in 1903 (#1,438 → #969)
  • Biggest drop: 643 spots in 1902 (#795 → #1,438)
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 1917 at #657 (107 births)
  • Births halved by 1931, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1910–1930
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,105
  • Highest: 1 in 10,105 girls born in 1917 were named Alvera (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 315,156 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 34.0% of all girls named Alvera (854) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s18#1,181 (1899)#1,404
1900s126#749 (1907)#1,057
1910s666#657 (1917)#775
1920s854#706 (1920)#795
1930s371#894 (1930)#1,232
1940s210#1,610 (1941)#1,950
1950s154#2,116 (1951)#3,014
1960s68#3,608 (1961)#4,906
1970s34#5,580 (1973)#7,509
1980s8#7,418 (1980)#7,418
1990s0——
2000s6#15,405 (2008)#15,405

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Alvera in 1907

girls
#749
25 births · 1 in 12,743 girls

Top girls' names in 1907

  1. #1Mary17,580
  2. #2Helen7,579
  3. #3Margaret6,713
  4. #4Anna5,575
  5. #5Ruth5,573
  6. #6Dorothy4,967
  7. #7Elizabeth4,624
  8. #8Mildred4,277
  9. #9Alice4,107
  10. #10Marie3,880
  11. #749Alvera25
More about 1907

girls

318,564 girls got a published name in 1907; 1 in 12,743 of them was named Alvera, which outranked 68.8% 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).

Ranked beside Alvera
  1. #739Hedwig26
  2. #739Leanna26
  3. #739Tressa26
  4. #749Alvera25
  5. #749Aletha25
  6. #749Corrie25
  7. #749Eura25
  8. #760Adelle24
  9. #760Alida24
  10. #760Amber24

Tied with 10 names at #749; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,028Lota#1,951 → #923
  2. ↑ 1,028Tula#1,951 → #923
  3. ↑ 961Cleda#1,951 → #990
  4. ↑ 961Ingrid#1,951 → #990
  5. ↑ 961Santa#1,951 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 926Macy#895 → #1,821
  2. ↓ 742Libbie#642 → #1,384
  3. ↓ 736Hertha#776 → #1,512
  4. ↓ 719Zadie#793 → #1,512
  5. ↓ 674Anabel#965 → #1,639

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

See the top 100 for 1907 →