Alvie

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 86.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1894 · 20 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,094
since 1880

Alvie over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201894peak #1,036, 1888peak #419, 1894girlsboys
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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
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,9178#12,0085
2024#15,2935#10,9386
2023#15,1945#8,2559
2022#15,3065#8,9908
2021#12,2067#6,69812
2020#15,0885#7,50210
2019—#8,2159
2018—#12,1565
2017—#10,7756
2016#16,2155—
2015—#9,5687
2014—#9,6427
2013—#9,6557
2012——
2011——
2010——
2009——
2008—#12,5535
2007—#10,9216
2006——
2005——
2004——
2003—#8,6437
2002——
2001——
2000—#9,1126
1999——
1998——
1997—#6,1009
1996—#7,1367
1995——
1994—#6,9687
1993——
1992—#7,4226
1991—#5,5219
1990—#8,1175
1989—#5,1659
1988—#5,2008
1987—#3,95911
1986—#5,9266
1985—#3,80511
1984—#4,5528
1983—#5,4846
1982—#3,28213
1981—#3,85810
1980—#4,9407
1979—#4,0689
1978—#3,8579
1977—#3,8369
1976—#3,7249
1975—#2,45017
1974—#2,05021
1973—#2,40516
1972—#2,32316
1971—#1,70527
1970—#1,69926
1969—#1,76722
1968—#2,03016
1967—#1,57324
1966—#1,51026
1965—#1,48327
1964—#1,48728
1963—#1,58525
1962—#1,31135
1961—#1,63524
1960—#1,58126
1959—#1,70922
1958—#1,23739
1957—#1,27837
1956—#1,33533
1955#5,8285#1,19839
1954—#1,21338
1953#5,6735#1,42728
1952#5,5635#1,19538
1951#3,7149#1,07045
1950—#1,00648
1949#5,2445#92356
1948#4,2057#89159
1947#3,44810#97553
1946#3,9947#84860
1945#4,5565#81758
1944#4,5745#90649
1943#2,86111#94350
1942#2,98610#80664
1941#3,2528#77065
1940#3,2088#89350
1939#2,41712#79459
1938#3,1818#72471
1937#2,73510#72969
1936#3,3767#78760
1935#2,43912#83456
1934#3,1598#85354
1933#3,1098#67776
1932#2,03716#69179
1931#2,10515#71772
1930#2,55212#68982
1929#2,73711#68381
1928#2,62312#64793
1927#2,55213#63898
1926#3,5648#65892
1925#1,84722#79369
1924#2,21217#73182
1923#3,6418#64499
1922#2,47914#629105
1921#1,72325#616106
1920#2,17217#63099
1919#2,15616#69081
1918#1,96319#64192
1917#2,31614#67479
1916#2,36813#69872
1915#2,38412#69071
1914#2,6388#73451
1913#1,30819#65846
1912#1,84410#80030
1911#1,30013#68921
1910#1,17115#78215
1909#1,4719#67916
1908#1,6767#87710
1907#1,6397#61617
1906#1,7276#61315
1905#1,2989#47722
1904#1,3648#61214
1903—#61913
1902—#50718
1901#1,4666#53614
1900#1,5617#62316
1899—#7149
1898#1,5026#54315
1897—#68110
1896#1,2138#53415
1895#1,4266#8727
1894#1,3536#41920
1893—#9076
1892#1,4505#7928
1891—#8416
1890—#9945
1889—#46416
1888#1,0367#64810
1887—#6798
1886—#9595
1885—#7008
1884—#7018
1883—#6778
1882—#7547
1881—#7816
1880—#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Alvie was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1993, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Alvie is popular in 1894

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Alvie
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,070 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #12,008)
  • 4,506 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #12,008)
  • 2,440 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 488 spots in 1894 (#907 → #419)
  • Biggest drop: 530 spots in 1890 (#464 → #994)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1894 at #419 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 70 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1880–1949
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,788
  • Highest: 1 in 5,788 boys born in 1894 were named Alvie (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.6% of all boys named Alvie (924) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
  • Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s88#464 (1889)#689
1890s101#419 (1894)#730
1900s155#477 (1905)#616
1910s558#641 (1918)#706
1920s924#616 (1921)#667
1930s678#677 (1933)#750
1940s564#770 (1941)#877
1950s367#1,006 (1950)#1,267
1960s253#1,311 (1962)#1,596
1970s159#1,699 (1970)#2,812
1980s89#3,282 (1982)#4,617
1990s43#5,521 (1991)#6,877
2000s24#8,643 (2003)#10,307
2010s41#8,215 (2019)#10,002
2020s50#6,698 (2021)#9,065

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.

Alvie in 1894

girls
#1,353
6 births · 1 in 37,154 girls
boys
#419
20 births · 1 in 5,788 boys

Top girls' names in 1894

  1. #1Mary13,151
  2. #2Anna5,565
  3. #3Margaret3,700
  4. #4Helen3,676
  5. #5Elizabeth3,425
  6. #6Ruth3,372
  7. #7Ethel3,287
  8. #8Florence3,233
  9. #9Emma2,937
  10. #10Marie2,649
  11. #1,353Alvie6

Top boys' names in 1894

  1. #1John8,237
  2. #2William7,274
  3. #3James5,110
  4. #4George4,365
  5. #5Charles3,788
  6. #6Joseph2,977
  7. #7Frank2,863
  8. #8Robert2,497
  9. #9Henry2,278
  10. #10Harry2,189
  11. #419Alvie20
More about 1894

girls

222,922 girls got a published name in 1894; 1 in 37,154 of them was named Alvie, which outranked 20.5% of the 1,702 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alvie
  1. #1,237Zelpha7
  2. #1,237Zeta7
  3. #1,237Zillah7
  4. #1,353Alvie6
  5. #1,353Adelheid6
  6. #1,353Alfrieda6
  7. #1,353Alla6
  8. #1,485Abby5
  9. #1,485Abelina5
  10. #1,485Adelaida5

Tied with 131 names at #1,353; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
  1. ↑ 794Versie#1,437 → #643
  2. ↑ 613Nadine#1,277 → #664
  3. ↑ 587Genoveva#1,437 → #850
  4. ↑ 558Lavada#1,277 → #719
  5. ↑ 532Libby#1,437 → #905
Fallers
  1. ↓ 691Macy#794 → #1,485
  2. ↓ 659Fredericka#826 → #1,485
  3. ↓ 586Dee#767 → #1,353
  4. ↓ 584Katharyn#901 → #1,485
  5. ↓ 584Leva#901 → #1,485

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

boys

115,768 boys got a published name in 1894; 1 in 5,788 of them was named Alvie, which outranked 66.2% of the 1,239 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alvie
  1. #412Sydney21
  2. #412Turner21
  3. #412Wendell21
  4. #419Alvie20
  5. #419Addison20
  6. #419Anna20
  7. #419Casper20
  8. #439Abram19
  9. #439Aloysius19
  10. #439Alphonse19

Tied with 19 names at #419; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Levy#1,035 → #521
  2. ↑ 514Orrin#1,035 → #521
  3. ↑ 488Alvie#907 → #419
  4. ↑ 468Jonnie#1,035 → #567
  5. ↑ 441Carson#1,035 → #594
Fallers
  1. ↓ 683Lindsay#391 → #1,074
  2. ↓ 519Minnie#435 → #954
  3. ↓ 475Ludwig#479 → #954
  4. ↓ 459Alice#615 → #1,074
  5. ↓ 459Julia#615 → #1,074

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

See the top 100 for 1894 →