Alvera
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #15,405
- Peak · girls
- 1917 · 107 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,515since 1891
Alvera over time
Rank among girls' names. Alvera has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
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| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 |
| 1955 | #2,635 | 18 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 |
| 1952 | #2,502 | 18 |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 |
| 1949 | #1,967 | 24 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 |
| 1947 | #2,200 | 20 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 |
| 1944 | #2,027 | 18 |
| 1943 | #1,703 | 25 |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 |
| 1941 | #1,610 | 24 |
| 1940 | #1,635 | 23 |
| 1939 | #1,544 | 24 |
| 1938 | #1,596 | 23 |
| 1937 | #1,219 | 35 |
| 1936 | #1,375 | 28 |
| 1935 | #1,264 | 32 |
| 1934 | #1,166 | 37 |
| 1933 | #1,158 | 37 |
| 1932 | #1,097 | 42 |
| 1931 | #1,010 | 48 |
| 1930 | #894 | 65 |
| 1929 | #855 | 69 |
| 1928 | #840 | 74 |
| 1927 | #911 | 67 |
| 1926 | #783 | 85 |
| 1925 | #773 | 91 |
| 1924 | #817 | 83 |
| 1923 | #757 | 92 |
| 1922 | #711 | 104 |
| 1921 | #797 | 84 |
| 1920 | #706 | 105 |
| 1919 | #739 | 90 |
| 1918 | #671 | 113 |
| 1917 | #657 | 107 |
| 1916 | #727 | 88 |
| 1915 | #704 | 89 |
| 1914 | #827 | 50 |
| 1913 | #748 | 49 |
| 1912 | #868 | 33 |
| 1911 | #982 | 20 |
| 1910 | #831 | 27 |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 |
| 1908 | #1,044 | 15 |
| 1907 | #749 | 25 |
| 1906 | #895 | 17 |
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 |
| 1903 | #969 | 13 |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 |
| 1901 | #795 | 17 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
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| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Alvera! It came in at #1,332, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1898, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Alvera is popular in 1935
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#546 · 1 in 11,929
Best ever in a state: #194 in Minnesota, 1918.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #546 | 6 | 1 in 11,929 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Alvera
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Biggest jump: 469 spots in 1903 (#1,438 → #969)
- Biggest drop: 643 spots in 1902 (#795 → #1,438)
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1917 at #657 (107 births)
- Births halved by 1931, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1910–1930
- Highest: 1 in 10,105 girls born in 1917 were named Alvera (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 315,156 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
- 34.0% of all girls named Alvera (854) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 18 | #1,181 (1899) | #1,404 |
| 1900s | 126 | #749 (1907) | #1,057 |
| 1910s | 666 | #657 (1917) | #775 |
| 1920s | 854 | #706 (1920) | #795 |
| 1930s | 371 | #894 (1930) | #1,232 |
| 1940s | 210 | #1,610 (1941) | #1,950 |
| 1950s | 154 | #2,116 (1951) | #3,014 |
| 1960s | 68 | #3,608 (1961) | #4,906 |
| 1970s | 34 | #5,580 (1973) | #7,509 |
| 1980s | 8 | #7,418 (1980) | #7,418 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 6 | #15,405 (2008) | #15,405 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Alvera in 1935
Top girls' names in 1935
More about 1935
girls
1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 32,768 of them was named Alvera, which outranked 74.2% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,244Serena33
- #1,244Trula33
- #1,244Verlie33
- #1,264Alvera32
- #1,264Alline32
- #1,264Annalee32
- #1,264Annamarie32
- #1,307Allison31
- #1,307Angelica31
- #1,307Clarine31
Tied with 42 names at #1,264; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
- ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
- ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
- ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
- ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.