Alvah
Last seen for girls in 1941 at #4,420 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to boys 96.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 23 births
- Debut · boys
- 18 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,808since 1880
Alvah over time
Rank among boys' names. Alvah has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
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| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,107 | 8 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
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| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,848 | 9 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,530 | 11 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,026 | 16 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,722 | 21 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,791 | 19 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,435 | 28 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,958 | 16 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,939 | 16 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,904 | 16 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,434 | 26 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,702 | 19 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,326 | 11 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,646 | 21 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,509 | 22 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,926 | 13 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,370 | 24 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,529 | 21 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,421 | 24 | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #1,588 | 19 |
| 1940 | — | #1,680 | 17 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,489 | 20 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,559 | 19 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,992 | 13 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,271 | 27 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,494 | 21 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,266 | 28 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,144 | 33 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,035 | 41 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,302 | 28 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,173 | 36 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,214 | 33 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #1,353 | 29 |
| 1927 | — | #1,098 | 42 | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #1,108 | 41 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #1,040 | 44 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #1,169 | 38 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #1,114 | 41 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #1,396 | 28 |
| 1921 | — | #1,412 | 28 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,035 | 45 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,230 | 33 | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #1,062 | 41 |
| 1917 | — | #1,238 | 30 | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #840 | 55 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #925 | 45 |
| 1914 | — | #795 | 44 | |
| 1913 | — | #871 | 31 | |
| 1912 | — | #892 | 25 | |
| 1911 | — | #824 | 16 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #651 | 12 | |
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | #681 | 10 | |
| 1896 | — | #500 | 17 | |
| 1895 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | #615 | 11 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #528 | 14 | |
| 1887 | — | #583 | 10 | |
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | #364 | 23 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #412 | 18 | |
| 1882 | — | #514 | 13 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #403 | 18 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Alvah was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1903–1904, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Alvah is popular in 1934
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#519 · 1 in 6,905
Best ever in a state: #145 in Maine, 1916.
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #519 | 5 | 1 in 6,905 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Alvah
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 597 spots in 1911 (#1,421 → #824)
- Biggest drop: 443 spots in 1908 (#930 → #1,373)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #364 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1880–1897
- Highest: 1 in 4,687 boys born in 1885 were named Alvah (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 20.4% of all boys named Alvah (369) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 132 | #364 (1885) | #543 |
| 1890s | 109 | #500 (1896) | #664 |
| 1900s | 64 | #651 (1902) | #990 |
| 1910s | 326 | #795 (1914) | #1,010 |
| 1920s | 369 | #1,035 (1920) | #1,194 |
| 1930s | 266 | #1,035 (1932) | #1,373 |
| 1940s | 191 | #1,370 (1944) | #1,670 |
| 1950s | 184 | #1,434 (1950) | #1,883 |
| 1960s | 54 | #2,848 (1962) | #3,248 |
| 1970s | 61 | #3,146 (1971) | #4,176 |
| 1980s | 29 | #4,907 (1983) | #5,806 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 11 | #10,744 (2016) | #11,415 |
| 2020s | 12 | #9,763 (2023) | #11,056 |
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.
Alvah in 1934
Top boys' names in 1934
More about 1934
boys
1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 36,878 of them was named Alvah, which outranked 69.9% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,241Oswald29
- #1,241Paris29
- #1,241Rexford29
- #1,266Alvah28
- #1,266Armin28
- #1,266Bartholomew28
- #1,266Berkley28
- #1,293Apolinar27
- #1,293Bernell27
- #1,293Berton27
Tied with 26 names at #1,266; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.