Alvie

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 86.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1894 · 20 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,094
since 1880

Alvie over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #1,036, 1888peak #419, 1894girlsboys
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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#10,9178#12,0085
2024#15,2935#10,9386
2023#15,1945#8,2559
2022#15,3065#8,9908
2021#12,2067#6,69812
2020#15,0885#7,50210
2019#8,2159
2018#12,1565
2017#10,7756
2016#16,2155
2015#9,5687
2014#9,6427
2013#9,6557
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008#12,5535
2007#10,9216
2006
2005
2004
2003#8,6437
2002
2001
2000#9,1126
1999
1998
1997#6,1009
1996#7,1367
1995
1994#6,9687
1993
1992#7,4226
1991#5,5219
1990#8,1175
1989#5,1659
1988#5,2008
1987#3,95911
1986#5,9266
1985#3,80511
1984#4,5528
1983#5,4846
1982#3,28213
1981#3,85810
1980#4,9407
1979#4,0689
1978#3,8579
1977#3,8369
1976#3,7249
1975#2,45017
1974#2,05021
1973#2,40516
1972#2,32316
1971#1,70527
1970#1,69926
1969#1,76722
1968#2,03016
1967#1,57324
1966#1,51026
1965#1,48327
1964#1,48728
1963#1,58525
1962#1,31135
1961#1,63524
1960#1,58126
1959#1,70922
1958#1,23739
1957#1,27837
1956#1,33533
1955#5,8285#1,19839
1954#1,21338
1953#5,6735#1,42728
1952#5,5635#1,19538
1951#3,7149#1,07045
1950#1,00648
1949#5,2445#92356
1948#4,2057#89159
1947#3,44810#97553
1946#3,9947#84860
1945#4,5565#81758
1944#4,5745#90649
1943#2,86111#94350
1942#2,98610#80664
1941#3,2528#77065
1940#3,2088#89350
1939#2,41712#79459
1938#3,1818#72471
1937#2,73510#72969
1936#3,3767#78760
1935#2,43912#83456
1934#3,1598#85354
1933#3,1098#67776
1932#2,03716#69179
1931#2,10515#71772
1930#2,55212#68982
1929#2,73711#68381
1928#2,62312#64793
1927#2,55213#63898
1926#3,5648#65892
1925#1,84722#79369
1924#2,21217#73182
1923#3,6418#64499
1922#2,47914#629105
1921#1,72325#616106
1920#2,17217#63099
1919#2,15616#69081
1918#1,96319#64192
1917#2,31614#67479
1916#2,36813#69872
1915#2,38412#69071
1914#2,6388#73451
1913#1,30819#65846
1912#1,84410#80030
1911#1,30013#68921
1910#1,17115#78215
1909#1,4719#67916
1908#1,6767#87710
1907#1,6397#61617
1906#1,7276#61315
1905#1,2989#47722
1904#1,3648#61214
1903#61913
1902#50718
1901#1,4666#53614
1900#1,5617#62316
1899#7149
1898#1,5026#54315
1897#68110
1896#1,2138#53415
1895#1,4266#8727
1894#1,3536#41920
1893#9076
1892#1,4505#7928
1891#8416
1890#9945
1889#46416
1888#1,0367#64810
1887#6798
1886#9595
1885#7008
1884#7018
1883#6778
1882#7547
1881#7816
1880#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Alvie was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1993, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Alvie
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,070 spots since 2024 (#10,938#12,008)
  • 4,506 spots since 2020 (#7,502#12,008)
  • 2,440 spots since 2015 (#9,568#12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 488 spots in 1894 (#907#419)
  • Biggest drop: 530 spots in 1890 (#464#994)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1894 at #419 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 70 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1880–1949
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,788
  • Highest: 1 in 5,788 boys born in 1894 were named Alvie (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.6% of all boys named Alvie (924) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
  • Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s88#464 (1889)#689
1890s101#419 (1894)#730
1900s155#477 (1905)#616
1910s558#641 (1918)#706
1920s924#616 (1921)#667
1930s678#677 (1933)#750
1940s564#770 (1941)#877
1950s367#1,006 (1950)#1,267
1960s253#1,311 (1962)#1,596
1970s159#1,699 (1970)#2,812
1980s89#3,282 (1982)#4,617
1990s43#5,521 (1991)#6,877
2000s24#8,643 (2003)#10,307
2010s41#8,215 (2019)#10,002
2020s50#6,698 (2021)#9,065

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.

Alvie in 1918

girls
#1,963
19 births · 1 in 60,928 girls
boys
#641
92 births · 1 in 11,016 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #1,963Alvie19

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #641Alvie92
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 60,928 of them was named Alvie, which outranked 64.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alvie
  1. #1,887Vicie20
  2. #1,887Vinita20
  3. #1,887Yoshie20
  4. #1,963Alvie19
  5. #1,963Aleda19
  6. #1,963Angelena19
  7. #1,963Anner19
  8. #2,029Adda18
  9. #2,029Ailie18
  10. #2,029Alison18

Tied with 65 names at #1,963; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

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

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 11,016 of them was named Alvie, which outranked 86.7% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alvie
  1. #637Leander93
  2. #637Meredith93
  3. #637Merritt93
  4. #641Alvie92
  5. #641Buck92
  6. #641Elvis92
  7. #641Stanford92
  8. #645Carleton91
  9. #645Cloyd91
  10. #647Gustav90

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 600Quinton#1,092#492
  2. 542Pershing#876#334
  3. 480Quentin#723#243
  4. 440Issac#1,264#824
  5. 339Furman#1,092#753
Fallers
  1. 473Bernhard#900#1,373
  2. 424Edson#919#1,343
  3. 394Gasper#919#1,313
  4. 352Berton#934#1,286
  5. 346Ishmael#997#1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1918