Alvia
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · Last seen for boys in 1967 at #3,966
Given to boys 52.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 441since 1880
Alvia 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | — | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
| 1958 | — | #2,818 | 9 | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | — | |
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,764 | 9 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1944 | — | #2,195 | 11 | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | — | |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | — | #2,034 | 16 | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | — | #2,588 | 11 | |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1923 | — | #2,950 | 9 | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | — | #2,389 | 11 | |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | #1,608 | 15 |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Alvia was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Alvia
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1967
- Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1887 (#758 → #921)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #758 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1886–1887
- Highest: 1 in 15,826 boys born in 1886 were named Alvia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 348,762 boys born in 1967 (0.00%)
- 30.2% of all boys named Alvia (133) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1967, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | #758 (1886) | #863 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,101 (1896) | #1,101 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 93 | #1,608 (1914) | #2,126 |
| 1920s | 133 | #1,894 (1924) | #2,334 |
| 1930s | 81 | #2,246 (1935) | #2,628 |
| 1940s | 57 | #2,195 (1944) | #2,998 |
| 1950s | 45 | #2,764 (1955) | #3,102 |
| 1960s | 10 | #3,966 (1967) | #4,000 |
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.
Alvia in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 120,141 of them was named Alvia, which outranked 41.8% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,879Zoa10
- #2,879Zollie10
- #2,879Zonie10
- #3,092Alvia9
- #3,092Adabelle9
- #3,092Adamae9
- #3,092Adine9
- #3,344Abbey8
- #3,344Adalyn8
- #3,344Adolph8
Tied with 251 names at #3,092; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 77,124 of them was named Alvia, which outranked 50.5% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,188Viola13
- #2,188Waddell13
- #2,188Waldon13
- #2,280Alvia12
- #2,280Abbott12
- #2,280Abie12
- #2,280Alven12
- #2,423Agapito11
- #2,423Agnes11
- #2,423Aldrich11
Tied with 142 names at #2,280; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.