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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201939peak #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 1939

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #298 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,588 boysARTennessee: #388 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,411 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #358 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,171 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedHITexas: #574 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,541 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Alvie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arkansas#298 · 1 in 2,588
  2. Oklahoma#358 · 1 in 4,171
  3. Tennessee#388 · 1 in 5,411
  4. Texas#574 · 1 in 6,541

Best ever in a state: #202 in Texas, 1911.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#29871 in 2,588
Oklahoma#35851 in 4,171
Tennessee#38851 in 5,411
Texas#57491 in 6,541
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1939

girls
#2,417
12 births · 1 in 91,384 girls
boys
#794
59 births · 1 in 18,760 boys

Top girls' names in 1939

  1. #1Mary54,900
  2. #2Barbara37,257
  3. #3Patricia29,701
  4. #4Betty23,639
  5. #5Shirley20,447
  6. #6Carol20,166
  7. #7Nancy19,723
  8. #8Judith16,625
  9. #9Dorothy15,169
  10. #10Margaret14,949
  11. #2,417Alvie12

Top boys' names in 1939

  1. #1Robert59,666
  2. #2James59,636
  3. #3John51,025
  4. #4William42,071
  5. #5Richard35,386
  6. #6Charles30,789
  7. #7David25,360
  8. #8Donald24,056
  9. #9Thomas22,129
  10. #10Ronald19,837
  11. #794Alvie59
More about 1939

girls

1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 91,384 of them was named Alvie, which outranked 51.2% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alvie
  1. #2,300Willena13
  2. #2,300Zena13
  3. #2,300Zoila13
  4. #2,417Alvie12
  5. #2,417Adrianna12
  6. #2,417Alena12
  7. #2,417Andrew12
  8. #2,592Adair11
  9. #2,592Adelfa11
  10. #2,592Albertina11

Tied with 174 names at #2,417; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. ↑ 880April#1,805 → #925
  2. ↑ 865Karel#1,703 → #838
  3. ↑ 725Hedy#1,650 → #925
  4. ↑ 722Vivien#1,703 → #981
  5. ↑ 709Karon#1,547 → #838
Fallers
  1. ↓ 712Eulalia#972 → #1,684
  2. ↓ 446Shelvia#955 → #1,401
  3. ↓ 358Naoma#992 → #1,350
  4. ↓ 304Imelda#890 → #1,194
  5. ↓ 279Helaine#870 → #1,149

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

boys

1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 18,760 of them was named Alvie, which outranked 80.0% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alvie
  1. #784Palmer60
  2. #784Prentice60
  3. #784Verlin60
  4. #794Alvie59
  5. #794Alford59
  6. #794Hardy59
  7. #794Jennings59
  8. #800Burt58
  9. #800Carleton58
  10. #800Claudie58

Tied with 5 names at #794; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. ↑ 463Alfonzo#1,439 → #976
  2. ↑ 447Rod#1,439 → #992
  3. ↑ 443Estel#1,397 → #954
  4. ↑ 422Cameron#1,364 → #942
  5. ↑ 421Turner#1,337 → #916
Fallers
  1. ↓ 518Gonzalo#779 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 497Judge#992 → #1,489
  3. ↓ 396Melville#963 → #1,359
  4. ↓ 355Agustin#883 → #1,238
  5. ↓ 351Antone#921 → #1,272

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

See the top 100 for 1939 →