Alvis

Last seen for girls in 1971 at #8,324 · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to boys 94.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1912 · 53 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,206
since 1881

Alvis over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #1,545, 1911peak #552, 1912girlsboys
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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#6,44613
2024#6,46913
2023#6,22014
2022#6,82812
2021#6,33513
2020#8,7398
2019#7,17311
2018#4,91819
2017#6,33813
2016#6,72612
2015#4,71120
2014#7,04811
2013#6,60312
2012#6,30613
2011#7,50210
2010
2009#9,8647
2008#6,07014
2007#9,7887
2006#7,9989
2005#8,2998
2004
2003#8,6437
2002#6,08811
2001#8,3397
2000#10,3495
1999#9,9125
1998#5,15912
1997#5,28811
1996#4,87812
1995#4,79112
1994#4,53713
1993#4,02015
1992#4,32713
1991#3,63616
1990#3,05820
1989#3,44616
1988#2,86019
1987#3,52113
1986#2,36023
1985#3,21614
1984#2,82416
1983#2,57718
1982#2,70917
1981#1,81131
1980#1,72633
1979#2,37920
1978#1,71831
1977#1,90426
1976#2,24520
1975#1,55933
1974#1,83225
1973#2,31117
1972#1,72126
1971#8,3245#1,52632
1970#1,41635
1969#1,68024
1968#1,42830
1967#1,31233
1966#1,14942
1965#1,16342
1964#6,7675#1,48728
1963#1,10048
1962#1,23040
1961#1,30337
1960#1,09850
1959#1,02656
1958#6,1035#97860
1957#5,3776#89771
1956#4,8377#86076
1955#5,2086#1,04752
1954#5,1486#85173
1953#4,2268#83374
1952#96854
1951#4,0118#80377
1950#5,3015#83666
1949#5,2445#88560
1948#82468
1947#5,2955#79475
1946#4,9605#75976
1945#4,5565#64089
1944#4,5745#70777
1943#78170
1942#3,1949#73277
1941#3,9546#71974
1940#3,8636#69476
1939#3,1458#71769
1938#4,3425#66781
1937#3,8006#71371
1936#2,52111#79759
1935#65882
1934#2,56711#68279
1933#2,68810#69474
1932#2,83110#62690
1931#2,9729#62989
1930#3,0559#65489
1929#3,3948#68381
1928#4,7255#70880
1927#2,85911#65993
1926#3,5648#67887
1925#2,77812#71582
1924#2,80912#638101
1923#64499
1922#5,0095#65396
1921#3,4009#64799
1920#3,3409#63598
1919#69081
1918#3,8697#65888
1917#3,0929#63687
1916#2,24614#67178
1915#3,1348#57697
1914#59971
1913#2,3318#57358
1912#2,9795#55253
1911#1,54510#66722
1910#1,04510
1909#63618
1908#71214
1907#73513
1906#67413
1905#8369
1904#72311
1903#1,1305
1902
1901#55913
1900#9029
1899#7149
1898#8857
1897
1896#64112
1895#57913
1894#66810
1893#8367
1892#7489
1891#8416
1890
1889
1888#60911
1887
1886#6479
1885
1884#8486
1883#7996
1882#7547
1881#7067
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Alvis! It came in at #706, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Alvis
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 23 spots since 2024 (#6,469#6,446)
  • 2,293 spots since 2020 (#8,739#6,446)
  • 1,735 spots since 2015 (#4,711#6,446)
  • Biggest jump: 407 spots in 1904 (#1,130#723)
  • Biggest drop: 409 spots in 1910 (#636#1,045)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1912 at #552 (53 births)
  • Births halved by 1969, 57 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 69 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1911–1954
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,112
  • Highest: 1 in 8,112 boys born in 1912 were named Alvis (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 17.6% of all boys named Alvis (916) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s46#609 (1888)#727
1890s73#579 (1895)#739
1900s105#559 (1901)#767
1910s645#552 (1912)#667
1920s916#635 (1920)#666
1930s783#626 (1932)#684
1940s742#640 (1945)#754
1950s659#803 (1951)#910
1960s374#1,098 (1960)#1,295
1970s265#1,416 (1970)#1,861
1980s200#1,726 (1980)#2,705
1990s129#3,058 (1990)#4,961
2000s75#6,070 (2008)#8,382
2010s121#4,711 (2015)#6,369
2020s73#6,220 (2023)#6,840

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.

Alvis in 1922

girls
#5,009
5 births · 1 in 240,201 girls
boys
#653
96 births · 1 in 11,335 boys

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #5,009Alvis5

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #653Alvis96
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 240,201 of them was named Alvis, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alvis
  1. #4,445Zenola6
  2. #4,445Zonnie6
  3. #4,445Zuella6
  4. #5,009Alvis5
  5. #5,009Abelina5
  6. #5,009Adair5
  7. #5,009Adalia5

Tied with 780 names at #5,009; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 626Lilia#1,543#917
  2. 573Leatrice#1,258#685
  3. 412Phylis#1,409#997
  4. 352Darleen#1,258#906
  5. 295Madlyn#1,136#841
Fallers
  1. 518Erlene#946#1,464
  2. 390Exie#879#1,269
  3. 327Arlyne#905#1,232
  4. 288Toby#964#1,252
  5. 265Rochelle#987#1,252

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

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 11,335 of them was named Alvis, which outranked 86.9% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alvis
  1. #648Kent98
  2. #651Haskell97
  3. #651Prince97
  4. #653Alvis96
  5. #653Carmelo96
  6. #653Elisha96
  7. #653Napoleon96
  8. #657Beverly95
  9. #657Carlyle95
  10. #657Durward95

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

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 520Desmond#1,360#840
  2. 504Gorden#1,226#722
  3. 418Jackie#1,140#722
  4. 417Daryl#843#426
  5. 361Brown#1,360#999
Fallers
  1. 600Adolf#991#1,591
  2. 508Nello#962#1,470
  3. 439Newman#843#1,282
  4. 394Marcos#939#1,333
  5. 343Porfirio#939#1,282

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

See the top 100 for 1922