Alvy

Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146

Peak · boys
1886 · 6 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
301
since 1882

Alvy over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Alvy has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #845, 1886boys
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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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2021#12,1465
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1958#3,9445
1957
1956#3,9425
1955#2,9648
1954
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1952#3,0957
1951
1950#3,6815
1949
1948
1947#3,0967
1946
1945
1944
1943#3,2316
1942#2,38610
1941#3,1336
1940#3,1306
1939
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1937
1936
1935#2,9517
1934#2,9737
1933#3,0047
1932#2,31311
1931#3,3906
1930#2,17813
1929#3,5596
1928
1927#3,1518
1926#2,43612
1925#2,75510
1924#3,0239
1923
1922#3,0149
1921#2,80410
1920#2,13115
1919#2,26513
1918#3,3687
1917
1916#2,54310
1915#1,87815
1914#1,77213
1913#2,4966
1912#2,2696
1911
1910
1909#1,4405
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1896#1,1015
1895
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1892#1,0665
1891
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1888
1887
1886#8456
1885
1884#9715
1883
1882#9435
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Alvy! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Alvy
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1886 at #845 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1882–1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,464
  • Highest: 1 in 18,464 boys born in 1886 were named Alvy (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,896 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 26.2% of all boys named Alvy (79) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s16#845 (1886)#920
1890s10#1,066 (1892)#1,084
1900s5#1,440 (1909)#1,440
1910s70#1,772 (1914)#2,370
1920s79#2,131 (1920)#2,859
1930s51#2,178 (1930)#2,802
1940s35#2,386 (1942)#2,995
1950s30#2,964 (1955)#3,525
1960s0
1970s0
1980s0
1990s0
2000s0
2010s0
2020s5#12,146 (2021)#12,146

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.

Alvy in 1915

boys
#1,878
15 births · 1 in 56,572 boys

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #1,878Alvy15
More about 1915

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 56,572 of them was named Alvy, which outranked 57.2% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alvy
  1. #1,782Willy16
  2. #1,782Yale16
  3. #1,782Young16
  4. #1,878Alvy15
  5. #1,878Adan15
  6. #1,878Alson15
  7. #1,878Alston15
  8. #1,968Aden14
  9. #1,968Akira14
  10. #1,968Alexis14

Tied with 89 names at #1,878; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

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

See the top 100 for 1915