Alva**
#820 most common boys' name of all time · #1,860 across all names · 56% male / 44% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#820
Rank overall
#1,860 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
20,158
Since 2016
372
Peak year
1917 #294
Best rank
#161 1882
Girls
Boys
peak 478/yr
Alva is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | 6 | 28 | #10,700 |
| 2024 | 31 | 8 | 39 | #8,989 |
| 2023 | 24 | 10 | 34 | #7,738 |
| 2022 | 29 | 10 | 39 | #7,770 |
| 2021 | 29 | 5 | 34 | #12,156 |
| 2020 | 41 | 10 | 51 | #7,507 |
| 2019 | 32 | 5 | 37 | #12,150 |
| 2018 | 28 | 10 | 38 | #7,618 |
| 2017 | 21 | 13 | 34 | #6,339 |
| 2016 | 27 | 11 | 38 | #7,157 |
| 2015 | 19 | 6 | 25 | #10,650 |
| 2014 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #10,725 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8 | 22 | #8,791 |
| 2012 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 2011 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 2010 | 17 | 6 | 23 | #10,773 |
| 2009 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 2008 | 15 | 6 | 21 | #11,041 |
| 2007 | 14 | 10 | 24 | #7,592 |
| 2006 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2005 | 13 | 5 | 18 | #11,479 |
| 2004 | 17 | 9 | 26 | #7,545 |
| 2003 | 17 | 5 | 22 | #10,901 |
| 2002 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 2001 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #9,251 |
| 2000 | 18 | 11 | 29 | #5,925 |
| 1999 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #5,661 |
| 1998 | 14 | 8 | 22 | #6,844 |
| 1997 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #5,646 |
| 1996 | 17 | 9 | 26 | #5,988 |
| 1995 | 12 | 15 | 27 | #4,052 |
| 1994 | 12 | 8 | 20 | #6,375 |
| 1993 | 23 | 11 | 34 | #5,007 |
| 1992 | 22 | 13 | 35 | #4,332 |
| 1991 | 17 | 7 | 24 | #6,527 |
| 1990 | 26 | 12 | 38 | #4,408 |
| 1989 | 41 | 16 | 57 | #3,451 |
| 1988 | 31 | 13 | 44 | #3,709 |
| 1987 | 14 | 9 | 23 | #4,580 |
| 1986 | 19 | 15 | 34 | #3,131 |
| 1985 | 35 | 13 | 48 | #3,403 |
| 1984 | 16 | 12 | 28 | #3,461 |
| 1983 | 28 | 16 | 44 | #2,788 |
| 1982 | 26 | 22 | 48 | #2,273 |
| 1981 | 33 | 16 | 49 | #2,783 |
| 1980 | 36 | 26 | 62 | #2,058 |
| 1979 | 22 | 19 | 41 | #2,466 |
| 1978 | 28 | 31 | 59 | #1,719 |
| 1977 | 27 | 27 | 54 | #1,859 |
| 1976 | 29 | 24 | 53 | #2,000 |
| 1975 | 31 | 26 | 57 | #1,835 |
| 1974 | 27 | 27 | 54 | #1,747 |
| 1973 | 30 | 38 | 68 | #1,354 |
| 1972 | 29 | 29 | 58 | #1,604 |
| 1971 | 45 | 36 | 81 | #1,415 |
| 1970 | 48 | 35 | 83 | #1,416 |
| 1969 | 38 | 52 | 90 | #1,075 |
| 1968 | 49 | 35 | 84 | #1,284 |
| 1967 | 39 | 36 | 75 | #1,253 |
| 1966 | 44 | 39 | 83 | #1,195 |
| 1965 | 53 | 44 | 97 | #1,129 |
| 1964 | 56 | 51 | 107 | #1,059 |
| 1963 | 52 | 45 | 97 | #1,152 |
| 1962 | 75 | 52 | 127 | #1,056 |
| 1961 | 54 | 65 | 119 | #950 |
| 1960 | 59 | 60 | 119 | #982 |
| 1959 | 52 | 68 | 120 | #927 |
| 1958 | 73 | 57 | 130 | #1,006 |
| 1957 | 81 | 58 | 139 | #995 |
| 1956 | 85 | 59 | 144 | #969 |
| 1955 | 98 | 82 | 180 | #807 |
| 1954 | 89 | 68 | 157 | #892 |
| 1953 | 67 | 65 | 132 | #889 |
| 1952 | 81 | 97 | 178 | #714 |
| 1951 | 91 | 66 | 157 | #857 |
| 1950 | 80 | 97 | 177 | #695 |
| 1949 | 84 | 111 | 195 | #649 |
| 1948 | 88 | 115 | 203 | #633 |
| 1947 | 95 | 131 | 226 | #595 |
| 1946 | 79 | 114 | 193 | #603 |
| 1945 | 67 | 115 | 182 | #558 |
| 1944 | 83 | 112 | 195 | #579 |
| 1943 | 97 | 148 | 245 | #508 |
| 1942 | 91 | 131 | 222 | #532 |
| 1941 | 93 | 102 | 195 | #586 |
| 1940 | 98 | 137 | 235 | #497 |
| 1939 | 117 | 140 | 257 | #485 |
| 1938 | 100 | 156 | 256 | #463 |
| 1937 | 118 | 155 | 273 | #452 |
| 1936 | 106 | 177 | 283 | #416 |
| 1935 | 116 | 146 | 262 | #470 |
| 1934 | 119 | 155 | 274 | #451 |
| 1933 | 117 | 156 | 273 | #443 |
| 1932 | 137 | 175 | 312 | #424 |
| 1931 | 135 | 213 | 348 | #385 |
| 1930 | 120 | 208 | 328 | #402 |
| 1929 | 126 | 241 | 367 | #369 |
| 1928 | 163 | 207 | 370 | #416 |
| 1927 | 164 | 245 | 409 | #374 |
| 1926 | 156 | 259 | 415 | #364 |
| 1925 | 154 | 239 | 393 | #388 |
| 1924 | 167 | 273 | 440 | #362 |
| 1923 | 149 | 274 | 423 | #359 |
| 1922 | 174 | 246 | 420 | #384 |
| 1921 | 165 | 289 | 454 | #351 |
| 1920 | 173 | 278 | 451 | #353 |
| 1919 | 174 | 264 | 438 | #349 |
| 1918 | 196 | 273 | 469 | #346 |
| 1917 | 161 | 317 | 478 | #294 |
| 1916 | 176 | 260 | 436 | #329 |
| 1915 | 146 | 262 | 408 | #324 |
| 1914 | 121 | 178 | 299 | #350 |
| 1913 | 142 | 167 | 309 | #307 |
| 1912 | 125 | 138 | 263 | #312 |
| 1911 | 83 | 58 | 141 | #363 |
| 1910 | 80 | 61 | 141 | #317 |
| 1909 | 70 | 68 | 138 | #268 |
| 1908 | 60 | 36 | 96 | #390 |
| 1907 | 74 | 59 | 133 | #272 |
| 1906 | 65 | 64 | 129 | #246 |
| 1905 | 58 | 57 | 115 | #263 |
| 1904 | 49 | 49 | 98 | #273 |
| 1903 | 58 | 50 | 108 | #257 |
| 1902 | 54 | 60 | 114 | #234 |
| 1901 | 49 | 59 | 108 | #228 |
| 1900 | 67 | 73 | 140 | #237 |
| 1899 | 39 | 61 | 100 | #213 |
| 1898 | 56 | 67 | 123 | #215 |
| 1897 | 51 | 69 | 120 | #204 |
| 1896 | 76 | 68 | 144 | #219 |
| 1895 | 61 | 74 | 135 | #197 |
| 1894 | 50 | 76 | 126 | #194 |
| 1893 | 41 | 66 | 107 | #208 |
| 1892 | 40 | 74 | 114 | #202 |
| 1891 | 26 | 66 | 92 | #188 |
| 1890 | 35 | 68 | 103 | #194 |
| 1889 | 22 | 62 | 84 | #205 |
| 1888 | 32 | 74 | 106 | #202 |
| 1887 | 32 | 58 | 90 | #201 |
| 1886 | 21 | 64 | 85 | #206 |
| 1885 | 17 | 46 | 63 | #243 |
| 1884 | 9 | 62 | 71 | #210 |
| 1883 | 6 | 72 | 78 | #172 |
| 1882 | 13 | 85 | 98 | #161 |
| 1881 | 13 | 70 | 83 | #171 |
| 1880 | 17 | 70 | 87 | #180 |