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
- Peak · boys
- 1894 · 20 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,094since 1880
Alvie 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 | #10,917 | 8 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | #10,921 | 6 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,521 | 9 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,282 | 13 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,450 | 17 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,050 | 21 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,405 | 16 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,323 | 16 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,705 | 27 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,699 | 26 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,767 | 22 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,030 | 16 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,573 | 24 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,510 | 26 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,483 | 27 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,487 | 28 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,585 | 25 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,311 | 35 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,635 | 24 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,581 | 26 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,709 | 22 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,237 | 39 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,278 | 37 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,335 | 33 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #1,198 | 39 |
| 1954 | — | #1,213 | 38 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #1,427 | 28 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #1,195 | 38 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | #1,070 | 45 |
| 1950 | — | #1,006 | 48 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #923 | 56 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | #891 | 59 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #975 | 53 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #848 | 60 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #817 | 58 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #906 | 49 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #943 | 50 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | #806 | 64 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #770 | 65 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #893 | 50 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #794 | 59 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #724 | 71 |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | #729 | 69 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #787 | 60 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 | #834 | 56 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #853 | 54 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #677 | 76 |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 | #691 | 79 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 | #717 | 72 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | #689 | 82 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | #683 | 81 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 | #647 | 93 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 | #638 | 98 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #658 | 92 |
| 1925 | #1,847 | 22 | #793 | 69 |
| 1924 | #2,212 | 17 | #731 | 82 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #644 | 99 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 | #629 | 105 |
| 1921 | #1,723 | 25 | #616 | 106 |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 | #630 | 99 |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 | #690 | 81 |
| 1918 | #1,963 | 19 | #641 | 92 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 | #674 | 79 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 | #698 | 72 |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 | #690 | 71 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | #734 | 51 |
| 1913 | #1,308 | 19 | #658 | 46 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 | #800 | 30 |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 | #689 | 21 |
| 1910 | #1,171 | 15 | #782 | 15 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | #679 | 16 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | #616 | 17 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | #613 | 15 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | #477 | 22 |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | #612 | 14 |
| 1903 | — | #619 | 13 | |
| 1902 | — | #507 | 18 | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | #536 | 14 |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | #623 | 16 |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | #543 | 15 |
| 1897 | — | #681 | 10 | |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 | #534 | 15 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 | #419 | 20 |
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | #792 | 8 |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #464 | 16 | |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | #648 | 10 |
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1894 at #419 (20 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1880–1949
- 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%)
- 22.6% of all boys named Alvie (924) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 88 | #464 (1889) | #689 |
| 1890s | 101 | #419 (1894) | #730 |
| 1900s | 155 | #477 (1905) | #616 |
| 1910s | 558 | #641 (1918) | #706 |
| 1920s | 924 | #616 (1921) | #667 |
| 1930s | 678 | #677 (1933) | #750 |
| 1940s | 564 | #770 (1941) | #877 |
| 1950s | 367 | #1,006 (1950) | #1,267 |
| 1960s | 253 | #1,311 (1962) | #1,596 |
| 1970s | 159 | #1,699 (1970) | #2,812 |
| 1980s | 89 | #3,282 (1982) | #4,617 |
| 1990s | 43 | #5,521 (1991) | #6,877 |
| 2000s | 24 | #8,643 (2003) | #10,307 |
| 2010s | 41 | #8,215 (2019) | #10,002 |
| 2020s | 50 | #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 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 142,941 of them was named Alvie, which outranked 36.2% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,963Wylma9
- #2,963Yuvonne9
- #2,963Zelpha9
- #3,208Alvie8
- #3,208Adelene8
- #3,208Adelyn8
- #3,208Adrianna8
- #3,503Adean7
- #3,503Agapita7
- #3,503Aleatha7
Tied with 294 names at #3,208; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 23,183 of them was named Alvie, which outranked 77.3% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).