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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #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 1929

girls
#3,682
7 births · 1 in 159,509 girls
boys
#2,096
14 births · 1 in 76,830 boys

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #3,682Alvia7

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #2,096Alvia14
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 159,509 of them was named Alvia, which outranked 30.2% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alvia
  1. #3,394Zeffie8
  2. #3,394Zela8
  3. #3,394Zilphia8
  4. #3,682Alvia7
  5. #3,682Adean7
  6. #3,682Adena7
  7. #3,682Agueda7
  8. #4,053Aaron6
  9. #4,053Ader6
  10. #4,053Adina6

Tied with 370 names at #3,682; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 1,951Dorla#2,623#672
  2. 797Ingrid#1,738#941
  3. 534Sydell#1,502#968
  4. 521Elenor#1,502#981
  5. 406Jeanine#888#482
Fallers
  1. 937Joline#888#1,825
  2. 259Mafalda#936#1,195
  3. 250Lorelei#994#1,244
  4. 249Ardelle#888#1,137
  5. 234Charmaine#420#654

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

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 76,830 of them was named Alvia, which outranked 53.9% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alvia
  1. #2,002Webb15
  2. #2,002Wilhelm15
  3. #2,002Zeno15
  4. #2,096Alvia14
  5. #2,096Abie14
  6. #2,096Adelard14
  7. #2,096Adron14
  8. #2,199Ace13
  9. #2,199Adrain13
  10. #2,199Almer13

Tied with 102 names at #2,096; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 2,188Davey#2,843#655
  2. 554Davie#1,413#859
  3. 374Derald#1,095#721
  4. 358Vernal#1,353#995
  5. 350Ken#1,228#878
Fallers
  1. 530Adolf#950#1,480
  2. 426Quinton#913#1,339
  3. 349Thornton#963#1,312
  4. 346Verlyn#891#1,237
  5. 346Isidore#891#1,237

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

See the top 100 for 1929