Alva

Where Alva comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Alva.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Alva through the years
  1. 1853
    Alva Belmont born
    American suffragette and socialite
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #180 among boys, with 70 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1882
    Peak, #161
    85 babies named Alva, its best rank.
  4. 1902
    Alva Myrdal born
    Swedish sociologist and politician
  5. 1908
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #389.
  6. 2000
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Alva Myrdal · Swedish sociologist and politician, 1902–1986
  • Alva Belmont · American suffragette and socialite, 1853–1933
  • Alva Colquhoun · Australian swimmer, 1942–2025
  • Alva M. Lumpkin · American politician, 1886–1941
  • Alva B. Adams · American politician, 1875–1941

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.