Alvina
#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births · Last seen for boys in 1925 at #4,197
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 57 births
- Debut · girls
- 28 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,502since 1880
Alvina over time
Rank among girls' names. Alvina has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | #6,116 | 19 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,984 | 20 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,314 | 23 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,076 | 35 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,287 | 19 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,632 | 30 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,127 | 26 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,310 | 25 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 | — | |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,492 | 24 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,099 | 25 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,503 | 31 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,633 | 29 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,022 | 37 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,986 | 36 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,483 | 27 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,624 | 24 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,360 | 26 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,299 | 42 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,830 | 32 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,986 | 29 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,069 | 50 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,621 | 34 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,269 | 40 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,026 | 47 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,255 | 37 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,963 | 45 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,290 | 34 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,832 | 46 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,135 | 36 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,709 | 53 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,828 | 48 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,784 | 47 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,482 | 25 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,012 | 34 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,736 | 42 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,071 | 33 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,867 | 39 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,742 | 43 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,637 | 47 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,516 | 51 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,939 | 32 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,376 | 59 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,470 | 52 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,463 | 48 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,278 | 60 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,503 | 42 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,216 | 61 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,177 | 63 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,224 | 57 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,210 | 56 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,223 | 55 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,170 | 59 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,058 | 64 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,048 | 55 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,017 | 59 | — | |
| 1943 | #902 | 74 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,024 | 58 | — | |
| 1941 | #894 | 67 | — | |
| 1940 | #859 | 69 | — | |
| 1939 | #848 | 68 | — | |
| 1938 | #786 | 80 | — | |
| 1937 | #677 | 101 | — | |
| 1936 | #728 | 83 | — | |
| 1935 | #679 | 96 | — | |
| 1934 | #653 | 105 | — | |
| 1933 | #703 | 85 | — | |
| 1932 | #656 | 104 | — | |
| 1931 | #613 | 117 | — | |
| 1930 | #579 | 140 | — | |
| 1929 | #571 | 143 | — | |
| 1928 | #594 | 141 | — | |
| 1927 | #575 | 153 | — | |
| 1926 | #554 | 163 | — | |
| 1925 | #519 | 185 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #475 | 214 | — | |
| 1923 | #476 | 210 | — | |
| 1922 | #449 | 231 | — | |
| 1921 | #437 | 244 | — | |
| 1920 | #418 | 252 | — | |
| 1919 | #409 | 249 | — | |
| 1918 | #397 | 272 | — | |
| 1917 | #368 | 293 | — | |
| 1916 | #367 | 283 | — | |
| 1915 | #366 | 268 | — | |
| 1914 | #381 | 194 | — | |
| 1913 | #405 | 147 | — | |
| 1912 | #378 | 147 | — | |
| 1911 | #374 | 117 | — | |
| 1910 | #385 | 105 | — | |
| 1909 | #364 | 100 | — | |
| 1908 | #339 | 109 | — | |
| 1907 | #385 | 85 | — | |
| 1906 | #349 | 89 | — | |
| 1905 | #342 | 98 | — | |
| 1904 | #327 | 100 | — | |
| 1903 | #299 | 109 | — | |
| 1902 | #341 | 86 | — | |
| 1901 | #328 | 85 | — | |
| 1900 | #306 | 115 | — | |
| 1899 | #289 | 103 | — | |
| 1898 | #275 | 123 | — | |
| 1897 | #286 | 98 | — | |
| 1896 | #267 | 114 | — | |
| 1895 | #298 | 93 | — | |
| 1894 | #281 | 98 | — | |
| 1893 | #280 | 89 | — | |
| 1892 | #288 | 87 | — | |
| 1891 | #247 | 96 | — | |
| 1890 | #280 | 80 | — | |
| 1889 | #262 | 80 | — | |
| 1888 | #277 | 70 | — | |
| 1887 | #259 | 66 | — | |
| 1886 | #305 | 46 | — | |
| 1885 | #275 | 51 | — | |
| 1884 | #268 | 53 | — | |
| 1883 | #236 | 57 | — | |
| 1882 | #238 | 53 | — | |
| 1881 | #290 | 29 | — | |
| 1880 | #294 | 28 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Alvina was already there! It came in at #294, and was given to 28 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2021, when fewer than 11 girls a year got the name.
See more about Alvina
- 154 spots since 2024 (#5,962 → #6,116)
- 802 spots since 2020 (#5,314 → #6,116)
- 989 spots since 2015 (#5,127 → #6,116)
- Biggest jump: 122 spots in 1943 (#1,024 → #902)
- Biggest drop: 130 spots in 1942 (#894 → #1,024)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #236 (57 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 79 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1880–1941
- Highest: 1 in 1,932 girls born in 1891 were named Alvina (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #236 in 1883, was only 1 in 1,971 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 19.8% of all girls named Alvina (2,075) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 533 | #236 (1883) | #270 |
| 1890s | 981 | #247 (1891) | #279 |
| 1900s | 976 | #299 (1903) | #338 |
| 1910s | 2,075 | #366 (1915) | #383 |
| 1920s | 1,936 | #418 (1920) | #507 |
| 1930s | 979 | #579 (1930) | #692 |
| 1940s | 616 | #859 (1940) | #1,041 |
| 1950s | 525 | #1,177 (1951) | #1,416 |
| 1960s | 356 | #1,637 (1960) | #2,040 |
| 1970s | 420 | #1,709 (1971) | #2,093 |
| 1980s | 312 | #2,069 (1980) | #3,077 |
| 1990s | 259 | #3,022 (1990) | #4,193 |
| 2000s | 198 | #5,009 (2001) | #6,235 |
| 2010s | 226 | #4,076 (2018) | #5,952 |
| 2020s | 110 | #5,314 (2020) | #6,558 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Alvina in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
More about 1959
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2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 39,676 of them was named Alvina, which outranked 79.0% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,499Shirleen52
- #1,499Valery52
- #1,499Windy52
- #1,516Alvina51
- #1,516Andree51
- #1,516Arline51
- #1,516Charlie51
- #1,537Alene50
- #1,537Allene50
- #1,537Bernetta50
Tied with 20 names at #1,516; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.