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

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Peak · boys
1886 · 7 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
441
since 1880

Alvia over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #1,229, 1906peak #758, 1886girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2022#15,3065—
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2000#11,8017—
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1993#13,4425—
1992#13,3175—
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1987#11,3255—
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1984#10,4225—
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1975#7,9846—
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1968#5,1478—
1967—#3,9665
1966——
1965#6,5395—
1964#6,7675—
1963#5,8916—
1962#5,2937#4,0335
1961——
1960#5,6966—
1959#6,2455—
1958—#2,8189
1957#4,9187—
1956—#3,5356
1955—#2,7649
1954——
1953#5,0406#2,9058
1952#5,5635#2,8758
1951#4,8336#3,7145
1950#4,3157—
1949#4,2357#3,2986
1948#4,2057#3,6685
1947#4,3457#2,8628
1946#3,9947#3,1736
1945#3,6767—
1944—#2,19511
1943#4,1966—
1942—#2,5239
1941—#3,1336
1940—#3,1306
1939#3,7826#3,1136
1938#4,3425#2,6468
1937—#3,5185
1936#4,1815#2,4529
1935#4,2045#2,24611
1934#2,9239#2,26611
1933#3,7536—
1932#3,2748#2,31311
1931#2,75010#2,6519
1930#3,3458#2,44411
1929#3,6827#2,09614
1928#3,4368#2,38712
1927—#2,03416
1926#4,3066#2,30213
1925—#2,58811
1924#2,66113#1,89418
1923—#2,9509
1922#3,3799#1,95217
1921#3,16410#2,80410
1920#2,59013#2,33613
1919#2,81311#1,97316
1918#3,02410#2,16514
1917#3,0929#2,28012
1916—#2,38911
1915#2,52611#2,45810
1914#2,6388#1,60815
1913—#2,0928
1912#2,1448#2,0457
1911#1,6569—
1910#2,3985—
1909#1,9576—
1908#1,6767—
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1906#1,22910—
1905#1,5387—
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1902#1,7935—
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1896#1,2927#1,1015
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1887—#9215
1886—#7587
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1880—#9095
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 1919

No state had 5 or more boys named Alvia in 1919, 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 (#758 → #921)
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
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s17#758 (1886)#863
1890s5#1,101 (1896)#1,101
1900s0——
1910s93#1,608 (1914)#2,126
1920s133#1,894 (1924)#2,334
1930s81#2,246 (1935)#2,628
1940s57#2,195 (1944)#2,998
1950s45#2,764 (1955)#3,102
1960s10#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.

Alvia in 1919

girls
#2,813
11 births · 1 in 102,738 girls
boys
#1,973
16 births · 1 in 61,258 boys

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #2,813Alvia11

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #1,973Alvia16
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 102,738 of them was named Alvia, which outranked 49.4% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alvia
  1. #2,640Vista12
  2. #2,640Willine12
  3. #2,640Zell12
  4. #2,813Alvia11
  5. #2,813Adelyn11
  6. #2,813Aldena11
  7. #2,813Alise11
  8. #3,005Adria10
  9. #3,005Al10
  10. #3,005Ala10

Tied with 191 names at #2,813; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. ↑ 851Gregoria#1,805 → #954
  2. ↑ 443Concha#1,333 → #890
  3. ↑ 390Arlena#1,299 → #909
  4. ↑ 353Marina#1,255 → #902
  5. ↑ 333Roselle#1,333 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,019Liberty#585 → #1,604
  2. ↓ 840Victory#809 → #1,649
  3. ↓ 567Karen#960 → #1,527
  4. ↓ 404Zena#989 → #1,393
  5. ↓ 359Malvina#989 → #1,348

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 61,258 of them was named Alvia, which outranked 59.0% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alvia
  1. #1,882Wendel17
  2. #1,882Winthrop17
  3. #1,882Wray17
  4. #1,973Alvia16
  5. #1,973Adell16
  6. #1,973Almer16
  7. #1,973Amerigo16
  8. #2,063Abelardo15
  9. #2,063Abran15
  10. #2,063Adan15

Tied with 89 names at #1,973; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. ↑ 446Quinten#1,313 → #867
  2. ↑ 432Dempsey#1,012 → #580
  3. ↑ 341Winton#1,231 → #890
  4. ↑ 334Donnie#1,211 → #877
  5. ↑ 332Edsel#1,062 → #730
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,008Foch#869 → #2,877
  2. ↓ 582Carmel#949 → #1,531
  3. ↓ 403Eligah#918 → #1,321
  4. ↓ 398Nels#809 → #1,207
  5. ↓ 355Myer#966 → #1,321

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1919 →