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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #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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Show by decade
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 1964

girls
#6,767
5 births · 1 in 378,971 girls
boys
#1,487
28 births · 1 in 71,168 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #6,767Alvis5

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #1,487Alvis28
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 378,971 of them was named Alvis, which outranked 13.3% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alvis
  1. #6,009Yumi6
  2. #6,009Yvone6
  3. #6,009Zula6
  4. #6,767Alvis5
  5. #6,767Abbigail5
  6. #6,767Abelina5
  7. #6,767Abilene5

Tied with 1,039 names at #6,767; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 4,987Anjanette#5,891#904
  2. 2,403Deneen#2,619#216
  3. 2,162Denine#3,066#904
  4. 1,303Daneen#2,211#908
  5. 1,137Kecia#1,754#617
Fallers
  1. 341Leisha#993#1,334
  2. 320Cary#973#1,293
  3. 317Lisha#929#1,246
  4. 281Cecile#973#1,254
  5. 276Alexis#790#1,066

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

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 71,168 of them was named Alvis, which outranked 67.6% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alvis
  1. #1,462Timm29
  2. #1,462Vernard29
  3. #1,462Winford29
  4. #1,487Alvis28
  5. #1,487Alvie28
  6. #1,487Amado28
  7. #1,487Amy28
  8. #1,510Alphonzo27
  9. #1,510Aundra27
  10. #1,510Baxter27

Tied with 22 names at #1,487; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 864Deron#1,548#684
  2. 653Cassius#1,513#860
  3. 392Kipp#1,215#823
  4. 363Fitzgerald#1,052#689
  5. 334Adrain#1,279#945
Fallers
  1. 286Farrell#886#1,172
  2. 283Tal#813#1,096
  3. 278Laura#921#1,199
  4. 272Pamela#947#1,219
  5. 270Huey#891#1,161

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

See the top 100 for 1964