Alvis
Last seen for girls in 1971 at #8,324 · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to boys 94.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1912 · 53 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,206since 1881
Alvis 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 | — | #6,446 | 13 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,469 | 13 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,220 | 14 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,335 | 13 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,173 | 11 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,918 | 19 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,338 | 13 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,726 | 12 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,711 | 20 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,048 | 11 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,603 | 12 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,306 | 13 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,998 | 9 | |
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,088 | 11 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,159 | 12 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,878 | 12 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,020 | 15 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,327 | 13 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,636 | 16 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,058 | 20 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,446 | 16 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,860 | 19 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,521 | 13 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,360 | 23 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,216 | 14 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,824 | 16 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,577 | 18 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,709 | 17 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,811 | 31 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,726 | 33 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,379 | 20 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,718 | 31 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,904 | 26 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,245 | 20 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,559 | 33 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,832 | 25 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,311 | 17 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,721 | 26 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #1,526 | 32 |
| 1970 | — | #1,416 | 35 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,680 | 24 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,428 | 30 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,312 | 33 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,149 | 42 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,163 | 42 | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #1,487 | 28 |
| 1963 | — | #1,100 | 48 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,230 | 40 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,303 | 37 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,098 | 50 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,026 | 56 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #978 | 60 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #897 | 71 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #860 | 76 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #1,047 | 52 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #851 | 73 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | #833 | 74 |
| 1952 | — | #968 | 54 | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | #803 | 77 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #836 | 66 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #885 | 60 |
| 1948 | — | #824 | 68 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #794 | 75 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #759 | 76 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #640 | 89 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #707 | 77 |
| 1943 | — | #781 | 70 | |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #732 | 77 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #719 | 74 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #694 | 76 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #717 | 69 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #667 | 81 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #713 | 71 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | #797 | 59 |
| 1935 | — | #658 | 82 | |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | #682 | 79 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | #694 | 74 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #626 | 90 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #629 | 89 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #654 | 89 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | #683 | 81 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #708 | 80 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | #659 | 93 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #678 | 87 |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 | #715 | 82 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 | #638 | 101 |
| 1923 | — | #644 | 99 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #653 | 96 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | #647 | 99 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | #635 | 98 |
| 1919 | — | #690 | 81 | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #658 | 88 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #636 | 87 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | #671 | 78 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | #576 | 97 |
| 1914 | — | #599 | 71 | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | #573 | 58 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #552 | 53 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | #667 | 22 |
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | — | #636 | 18 | |
| 1908 | — | #712 | 14 | |
| 1907 | — | #735 | 13 | |
| 1906 | — | #674 | 13 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #723 | 11 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #559 | 13 | |
| 1900 | — | #902 | 9 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #641 | 12 | |
| 1895 | — | #579 | 13 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #748 | 9 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #609 | 11 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | #706 | 7 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five boys were named Alvis! It came in at #706, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Alvis is popular in 1896
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Alvis
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 23 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #6,446)
- 2,293 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #6,446)
- 1,735 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #6,446)
- Biggest jump: 407 spots in 1904 (#1,130 → #723)
- Biggest drop: 409 spots in 1910 (#636 → #1,045)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1912 at #552 (53 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 57 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 69 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1911–1954
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,112
- Highest: 1 in 8,112 boys born in 1912 were named Alvis (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 17.6% of all boys named Alvis (916) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 46 | #609 (1888) | #727 |
| 1890s | 73 | #579 (1895) | #739 |
| 1900s | 105 | #559 (1901) | #767 |
| 1910s | 645 | #552 (1912) | #667 |
| 1920s | 916 | #635 (1920) | #666 |
| 1930s | 783 | #626 (1932) | #684 |
| 1940s | 742 | #640 (1945) | #754 |
| 1950s | 659 | #803 (1951) | #910 |
| 1960s | 374 | #1,098 (1960) | #1,295 |
| 1970s | 265 | #1,416 (1970) | #1,861 |
| 1980s | 200 | #1,726 (1980) | #2,705 |
| 1990s | 129 | #3,058 (1990) | #4,961 |
| 2000s | 75 | #6,070 (2008) | #8,382 |
| 2010s | 121 | #4,711 (2015) | #6,369 |
| 2020s | 73 | #6,220 (2023) | #6,840 |
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.
Alvis in 1896
boys
#641
12 births · 1 in 9,964 boys
Top boys' names in 1896
More about 1896
boys
119,565 boys got a published name in 1896; 1 in 9,964 of them was named Alvis, which outranked 49.4% of the 1,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).