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

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Peak · boys
1886 · 7 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
441
since 1880

Alvia over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #1,229, 1906peak #758, 1886girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022#15,3065
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000#11,8017
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993#13,4425
1992#13,3175
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987#11,3255
1986
1985
1984#10,4225
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975#7,9846
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968#5,1478
1967#3,9665
1966
1965#6,5395
1964#6,7675
1963#5,8916
1962#5,2937#4,0335
1961
1960#5,6966
1959#6,2455
1958#2,8189
1957#4,9187
1956#3,5356
1955#2,7649
1954
1953#5,0406#2,9058
1952#5,5635#2,8758
1951#4,8336#3,7145
1950#4,3157
1949#4,2357#3,2986
1948#4,2057#3,6685
1947#4,3457#2,8628
1946#3,9947#3,1736
1945#3,6767
1944#2,19511
1943#4,1966
1942#2,5239
1941#3,1336
1940#3,1306
1939#3,7826#3,1136
1938#4,3425#2,6468
1937#3,5185
1936#4,1815#2,4529
1935#4,2045#2,24611
1934#2,9239#2,26611
1933#3,7536
1932#3,2748#2,31311
1931#2,75010#2,6519
1930#3,3458#2,44411
1929#3,6827#2,09614
1928#3,4368#2,38712
1927#2,03416
1926#4,3066#2,30213
1925#2,58811
1924#2,66113#1,89418
1923#2,9509
1922#3,3799#1,95217
1921#3,16410#2,80410
1920#2,59013#2,33613
1919#2,81311#1,97316
1918#3,02410#2,16514
1917#3,0929#2,28012
1916#2,38911
1915#2,52611#2,45810
1914#2,6388#1,60815
1913#2,0928
1912#2,1448#2,0457
1911#1,6569
1910#2,3985
1909#1,9576
1908#1,6767
1907
1906#1,22910
1905#1,5387
1904
1903
1902#1,7935
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896#1,2927#1,1015
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887#9215
1886#7587
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1967
  • Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1887 (#758#921)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1886 at #758 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1888, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1886–1887
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,826
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 30.2% of all boys named Alvia (133) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1968
  • Mostly boys until 1967, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s17#758 (1886)#863
1890s5#1,101 (1896)#1,101
1900s0
1910s93#1,608 (1914)#2,126
1920s133#1,894 (1924)#2,334
1930s81#2,246 (1935)#2,628
1940s57#2,195 (1944)#2,998
1950s45#2,764 (1955)#3,102
1960s10#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 1920

girls
#2,590
13 births · 1 in 92,176 girls
boys
#2,336
13 births · 1 in 81,874 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #2,590Alvia13

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #2,336Alvia13
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 92,176 of them was named Alvia, which outranked 55.1% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alvia
  1. #2,463Yoshiye14
  2. #2,463Zana14
  3. #2,463Zera14
  4. #2,590Alvia13
  5. #2,590Adriana13
  6. #2,590Akiko13
  7. #2,590Allena13
  8. #2,731Adelyne12
  9. #2,731Aldonia12
  10. #2,731Alfreida12

Tied with 140 names at #2,590; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 550Denise#1,481#931
  2. 321Blossom#1,242#921
  3. 311Lilia#1,242#931
  4. 302Ena#1,270#968
  5. 277Lorayne#1,216#939
Fallers
  1. 594Haruko#917#1,511
  2. 511Roselle#1,000#1,511
  3. 345Toshiko#967#1,312
  4. 304Carroll#902#1,206
  5. 297Santina#835#1,132

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

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 81,874 of them was named Alvia, which outranked 53.2% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alvia
  1. #2,231Willoughby14
  2. #2,231Worthy14
  3. #2,231Yates14
  4. #2,336Alvia13
  5. #2,336Agnes13
  6. #2,336Almond13
  7. #2,336Alvaro13
  8. #2,459Able12
  9. #2,459Aden12
  10. #2,459Ambrosio12

Tied with 122 names at #2,336; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920