Alven
Last seen for boys in 2012 at #12,274
- Peak · boys
- 1905 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 462since 1905
Alven over time
Rank among boys' names. Alven has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
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| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
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| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
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| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
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| 1969 | — | |
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| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 15 |
| 1935 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1927 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1921 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #2,184 | 12 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
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| 1883 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Alven! It came in at #1,233, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Alven is popular in 1921
No state had 5 or more boys named Alven in 1921, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Alven
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Debuted 1905
- Peaked 1905 at #1,233 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1906, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 26,461 boys born in 1905 were named Alven (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 379,389 boys born in 2012 (0.00%)
- 29.9% of all boys named Alven (138) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 10 | #1,233 (1905) | #1,289 |
| 1910s | 70 | #2,184 (1915) | #2,386 |
| 1920s | 138 | #1,765 (1922) | #2,270 |
| 1930s | 96 | #1,801 (1936) | #2,423 |
| 1940s | 67 | #2,207 (1941) | #2,658 |
| 1950s | 41 | #2,246 (1951) | #3,413 |
| 1960s | 10 | #4,038 (1960) | #4,039 |
| 1970s | 5 | #4,986 (1972) | #4,986 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,523 (1985) | #6,523 |
| 1990s | 5 | #9,265 (1997) | #9,265 |
| 2000s | 10 | #11,356 (2004) | #11,924 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,274 (2012) | #12,274 |
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.
Alven in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 78,675 of them was named Alven, which outranked 54.6% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,152Wilmar15
- #2,152Woody15
- #2,152Xavier15
- #2,265Alven14
- #2,265Adelard14
- #2,265Aden14
- #2,265Albertus14
- #2,376Addis13
- #2,376Aldine13
- #2,376Ammon13
Tied with 110 names at #2,265; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.