Alvia
- Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306
- Last seen for boys in 1967 at #3,966
- Given to boys 52.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 441since 1880
Alvia over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | — | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
| 1958 | — | #2,818 | 9 | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | — | |
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,764 | 9 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1944 | — | #2,195 | 11 | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | — | |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | — | #2,034 | 16 | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | — | #2,588 | 11 | |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1923 | — | #2,950 | 9 | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | — | #2,389 | 11 | |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | #1,608 | 15 |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
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| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Alvia was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Alvia is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Alvia in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Alvia
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1967
- Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1887
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #758 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1886–1887
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,826
- Highest: 1 in 15,826 boys born in 1886 were named Alvia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 348,762 boys born in 1967 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 30.2% of all boys named Alvia (133) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1968
- Mostly boys until 1967, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | #758 (1886) | #863 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,101 (1896) | #1,101 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 93 | #1,608 (1914) | #2,126 |
| 1920s | 133 | #1,894 (1924) | #2,334 |
| 1930s | 81 | #2,246 (1935) | #2,628 |
| 1940s | 57 | #2,195 (1944) | #2,998 |
| 1950s | 45 | #2,764 (1955) | #3,102 |
| 1960s | 10 | #3,966 (1967) | #4,000 |
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.
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