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
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 441since 1880
Alvia over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 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 | |
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 1936
No state had 5 or more boys named Alvia in 1936, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Alvia
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1967
- Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1887 (#758 → #921)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #758 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1886–1887
- 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%)
- 30.2% of all boys named Alvia (133) were born in this decade
- 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.
Alvia in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 208,078 of them was named Alvia, which outranked 13.9% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 675 names at #4,181; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 115,245 of them was named Alvia, which outranked 39.3% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,301Willaim10
- #2,301Willey10
- #2,301Zeno10
- #2,452Alvia9
- #2,452Achille9
- #2,452Adelard9
- #2,452Alphonsus9
- #2,629Abbie8
- #2,629Addie8
- #2,629Ahmed8
Tied with 176 names at #2,452; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.