Alva
#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 55.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 85 births
- Debut · boys
- 70 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 11,269since 1880
Alva over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #5,554 | 22 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #4,473 | 31 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #5,248 | 24 | #7,738 | 10 |
| 2022 | #4,671 | 29 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #4,607 | 29 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #3,607 | 41 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #4,343 | 32 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #4,768 | 28 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | #4,990 | 27 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | — | |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #3,909 | 26 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #2,714 | 41 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #3,165 | 31 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #2,704 | 35 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | #3,260 | 26 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | #2,723 | 33 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #2,603 | 36 | #2,058 | 26 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 | #1,718 | 31 |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 | #1,858 | 27 |
| 1976 | #2,664 | 29 | #1,999 | 24 |
| 1975 | #2,516 | 31 | #1,835 | 26 |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 | #1,747 | 27 |
| 1973 | #2,455 | 30 | #1,354 | 38 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 | #1,603 | 29 |
| 1971 | #1,906 | 45 | #1,415 | 36 |
| 1970 | #1,828 | 48 | #1,416 | 35 |
| 1969 | #2,023 | 38 | #1,075 | 52 |
| 1968 | #1,647 | 49 | #1,282 | 35 |
| 1967 | #1,881 | 39 | #1,253 | 36 |
| 1966 | #1,700 | 44 | #1,194 | 39 |
| 1965 | #1,528 | 53 | #1,129 | 44 |
| 1964 | #1,518 | 56 | #1,059 | 51 |
| 1963 | #1,565 | 52 | #1,151 | 45 |
| 1962 | #1,278 | 75 | #1,056 | 52 |
| 1961 | #1,533 | 54 | #950 | 65 |
| 1960 | #1,430 | 59 | #981 | 60 |
| 1959 | #1,499 | 52 | #926 | 68 |
| 1958 | #1,240 | 73 | #1,006 | 57 |
| 1957 | #1,173 | 81 | #995 | 58 |
| 1956 | #1,116 | 85 | #969 | 59 |
| 1955 | #1,010 | 98 | #807 | 82 |
| 1954 | #1,039 | 89 | #892 | 68 |
| 1953 | #1,178 | 67 | #889 | 65 |
| 1952 | #1,046 | 81 | #714 | 97 |
| 1951 | #977 | 91 | #857 | 66 |
| 1950 | #1,018 | 80 | #695 | 97 |
| 1949 | #973 | 84 | #649 | 111 |
| 1948 | #923 | 88 | #633 | 115 |
| 1947 | #909 | 95 | #595 | 131 |
| 1946 | #936 | 79 | #603 | 114 |
| 1945 | #925 | 67 | #558 | 115 |
| 1944 | #836 | 83 | #579 | 112 |
| 1943 | #788 | 97 | #508 | 148 |
| 1942 | #802 | 91 | #532 | 131 |
| 1941 | #735 | 93 | #586 | 102 |
| 1940 | #702 | 98 | #497 | 137 |
| 1939 | #623 | 117 | #485 | 140 |
| 1938 | #687 | 100 | #463 | 156 |
| 1937 | #624 | 118 | #452 | 155 |
| 1936 | #638 | 106 | #416 | 177 |
| 1935 | #604 | 116 | #470 | 146 |
| 1934 | #604 | 119 | #451 | 155 |
| 1933 | #597 | 117 | #442 | 156 |
| 1932 | #559 | 137 | #424 | 175 |
| 1931 | #568 | 135 | #385 | 213 |
| 1930 | #631 | 120 | #402 | 208 |
| 1929 | #609 | 126 | #369 | 241 |
| 1928 | #545 | 163 | #416 | 207 |
| 1927 | #552 | 164 | #374 | 245 |
| 1926 | #570 | 156 | #364 | 259 |
| 1925 | #580 | 154 | #388 | 239 |
| 1924 | #560 | 167 | #362 | 273 |
| 1923 | #593 | 149 | #359 | 274 |
| 1922 | #534 | 174 | #384 | 246 |
| 1921 | #553 | 165 | #351 | 289 |
| 1920 | #541 | 173 | #353 | 278 |
| 1919 | #516 | 174 | #349 | 264 |
| 1918 | #483 | 196 | #346 | 273 |
| 1917 | #526 | 161 | #294 | 317 |
| 1916 | #480 | 176 | #329 | 260 |
| 1915 | #518 | 146 | #324 | 262 |
| 1914 | #507 | 121 | #350 | 178 |
| 1913 | #413 | 142 | #307 | 167 |
| 1912 | #414 | 125 | #312 | 138 |
| 1911 | #446 | 83 | #363 | 58 |
| 1910 | #445 | 80 | #317 | 61 |
| 1909 | #442 | 70 | #268 | 68 |
| 1908 | #464 | 60 | #389 | 36 |
| 1907 | #412 | 74 | #272 | 59 |
| 1906 | #423 | 65 | #246 | 64 |
| 1905 | #442 | 58 | #263 | 57 |
| 1904 | #469 | 49 | #273 | 49 |
| 1903 | #414 | 58 | #257 | 50 |
| 1902 | #420 | 54 | #234 | 60 |
| 1901 | #428 | 49 | #228 | 59 |
| 1900 | #407 | 67 | #237 | 73 |
| 1899 | #467 | 39 | #213 | 61 |
| 1898 | #411 | 56 | #215 | 67 |
| 1897 | #408 | 51 | #204 | 69 |
| 1896 | #334 | 76 | #219 | 68 |
| 1895 | #357 | 61 | #197 | 74 |
| 1894 | #398 | 50 | #194 | 76 |
| 1893 | #422 | 41 | #208 | 66 |
| 1892 | #419 | 40 | #202 | 74 |
| 1891 | #506 | 26 | #188 | 66 |
| 1890 | #429 | 35 | #194 | 68 |
| 1889 | #543 | 22 | #205 | 62 |
| 1888 | #439 | 32 | #202 | 74 |
| 1887 | #378 | 32 | #201 | 58 |
| 1886 | #476 | 21 | #206 | 64 |
| 1885 | #520 | 17 | #243 | 46 |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 | #209 | 62 |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | #172 | 72 |
| 1882 | #507 | 13 | #161 | 85 |
| 1881 | #470 | 13 | #171 | 70 |
| 1880 | #403 | 17 | #180 | 70 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Alva was already there! It came in at #180, and was given to 70 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2002–2003, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Alva is popular in 1975
No state had 5 or more boys named Alva in 1975, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Alva
- 1,708 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #10,695)
- 3,193 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #10,695)
- 51 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 143 spots in 1952 (#857 → #714)
- Biggest drop: 175 spots in 1953 (#714 → #889)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #161 (85 births)
- Births halved by 1908, 26 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1880–1957
- Highest: 1 in 1,337 boys born in 1882 were named Alva (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 22.6% of all boys named Alva (2,551) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1999, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 663 | #161 (1882) | #195 |
| 1890s | 689 | #188 (1891) | #203 |
| 1900s | 575 | #228 (1901) | #267 |
| 1910s | 1,978 | #294 (1917) | #329 |
| 1920s | 2,551 | #351 (1921) | #372 |
| 1930s | 1,681 | #385 (1931) | #439 |
| 1940s | 1,216 | #497 (1940) | #574 |
| 1950s | 717 | #695 (1950) | #875 |
| 1960s | 479 | #950 (1961) | #1,113 |
| 1970s | 292 | #1,354 (1973) | #1,741 |
| 1980s | 158 | #2,058 (1980) | #3,161 |
| 1990s | 104 | #4,052 (1995) | #5,480 |
| 2000s | 52 | #5,920 (2000) | #9,099 |
| 2010s | 65 | #6,338 (2017) | #9,272 |
| 2020s | 49 | #7,502 (2020) | #9,139 |
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.
Alva in 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 47,028 of them was named Alva, which outranked 76.3% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,456Yanira32
- #2,456Zabrina32
- #2,456Zulma32
- #2,516Alva31
- #2,516Alida31
- #2,516Allie31
- #2,516Amyjo31
- #2,565Adriene30
- #2,565Alyse30
- #2,565Antonietta30
Tied with 48 names at #2,516; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 60,052 of them was named Alva, which outranked 71.0% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,787Ulises27
- #1,787Val27
- #1,787Wyman27
- #1,835Alva26
- #1,835Algernon26
- #1,835Andrey26
- #1,835Benigno26
- #1,884Abner25
- #1,884Adolphus25
- #1,884Antonios25
Tied with 48 names at #1,835; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.