Alvy
- Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 301since 1882
Alvy over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Alvy has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
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| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
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| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
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| 1952 | #3,095 | 7 |
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| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
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| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
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| 1943 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
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| 1935 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #1,878 | 15 |
| 1914 | #1,772 | 13 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
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| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
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| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
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| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
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| 1886 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1882
The first year at least five boys were named Alvy! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Alvy is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Alvy in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Alvy
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1886 at #845 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1882–1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,464
- Highest: 1 in 18,464 boys born in 1886 were named Alvy (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 349,896 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 26.2% of all boys named Alvy (79) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | #845 (1886) | #920 |
| 1890s | 10 | #1,066 (1892) | #1,084 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,440 (1909) | #1,440 |
| 1910s | 70 | #1,772 (1914) | #2,370 |
| 1920s | 79 | #2,131 (1920) | #2,859 |
| 1930s | 51 | #2,178 (1930) | #2,802 |
| 1940s | 35 | #2,386 (1942) | #2,995 |
| 1950s | 30 | #2,964 (1955) | #3,525 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,146 (2021) | #12,146 |
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.
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