Alvester
Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
- Peak · boys
- 1948 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 490since 1915
Alvester over time
Rank among boys' names. Alvester 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
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| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
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| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
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| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
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| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #2,558 | 14 |
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| 1967 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #2,322 | 13 |
| 1960 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1956 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #2,073 | 14 |
| 1951 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #1,881 | 16 |
| 1947 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #1,983 | 13 |
| 1939 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,825 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Alvester! It came in at #3,825, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1917, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Alvester is popular in 1955
No state had 5 or more boys named Alvester in 1955, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Alvester
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1990
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1948 at #1,881 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1949, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 89,167 boys born in 1940 were named Alvester (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 410,808 boys born in 1990 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,881 in 1948, was only 1 in 109,664 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.0% of all boys named Alvester (108) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 30 | #2,665 (1919) | #3,293 |
| 1920s | 62 | #2,436 (1926) | #3,362 |
| 1930s | 72 | #2,326 (1938) | #2,792 |
| 1940s | 105 | #1,881 (1948) | #2,423 |
| 1950s | 108 | #2,073 (1952) | #2,597 |
| 1960s | 60 | #2,322 (1961) | #3,051 |
| 1970s | 32 | #2,558 (1971) | #4,403 |
| 1980s | 16 | #5,561 (1984) | #6,356 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,117 (1990) | #8,117 |
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.
Alvester in 1955
Top boys' names in 1955
More about 1955
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2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 147,135 of them was named Alvester, which outranked 51.4% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,048Winton15
- #2,048Zeb15
- #2,048Zenon15
- #2,139Alvester14
- #2,139Alferd14
- #2,139Alma14
- #2,139Amadeo14
- #2,219Annie13
- #2,219Arno13
- #2,219Aundra13
Tied with 79 names at #2,139; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.