Alvin

Where Alvin comes from

From Old English Ælfwine, made up of ælf (“elf”) + wine (“friend”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Alvin
  • Old English
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #131 among boys — 102 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1927
    Peak, #66
    2,883 babies named Alvin — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1928
    Alvin Toffler born
    American writer, futurist and businessman
  4. 1951
    Alvin Eliot Roth born
    American economist, professor
  5. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #190.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Old English.
Namesakes
  • Alvin Toffler · American writer, futurist and businessman, 1928–2016
  • Alvin Eliot Roth · American economist, professor, born 1951
  • Alvin Ailey · African-American dancer, choreographer and activist, 1931–1989
  • Alvin Ceccoli · Australian association football player, born 1974
  • Alvin Plantinga · American Christian philosopher, born 1932

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.