Alvah
#3,260 most common boys' name of all time · #7,910 across all names · 96% boys / 4% girls · used 1880–2024
Rank among boys
#3,260
Rank overall
#7,910 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
102 of 146
All-time
1,880
Since 2016
18
Peak year
1916 #843
Best rank
#374 1885
Girls
Boys
peak 62/yr
Alvah 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,359 |
| 2023 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,770 |
| 2016 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2015 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,101 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,751 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,339 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,924 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,639 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,490 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,799 |
| 1977 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,597 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,435 |
| 1975 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,823 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,206 |
| 1973 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,236 |
| 1971 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,159 |
| 1970 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,296 |
| 1969 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,876 |
| 1968 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,121 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,054 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,667 |
| 1962 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,858 |
| 1961 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1960 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,352 |
| 1959 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1958 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,031 |
| 1957 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,097 |
| 1956 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,727 |
| 1955 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,795 |
| 1954 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,439 |
| 1953 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,965 |
| 1952 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,943 |
| 1951 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,908 |
| 1950 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,435 |
| 1949 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,710 |
| 1948 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,334 |
| 1947 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,651 |
| 1946 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,512 |
| 1945 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,934 |
| 1944 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1943 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,533 |
| 1942 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,429 |
| 1941 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #1,591 |
| 1940 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,688 |
| 1939 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,494 |
| 1938 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,565 |
| 1937 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,003 |
| 1936 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,276 |
| 1935 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,499 |
| 1934 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,267 |
| 1933 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,146 |
| 1932 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,038 |
| 1931 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,305 |
| 1930 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,173 |
| 1929 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,217 |
| 1928 | 6 | 29 | 35 | #1,355 |
| 1927 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,100 |
| 1926 | 8 | 41 | 49 | #1,108 |
| 1925 | 6 | 44 | 50 | #1,041 |
| 1924 | 6 | 38 | 44 | #1,171 |
| 1923 | 7 | 41 | 48 | #1,115 |
| 1922 | 7 | 28 | 35 | #1,399 |
| 1921 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,414 |
| 1920 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,036 |
| 1919 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,233 |
| 1918 | 7 | 41 | 48 | #1,063 |
| 1917 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,239 |
| 1916 | 7 | 55 | 62 | #843 |
| 1915 | 7 | 45 | 52 | #926 |
| 1914 | — | 44 | 44 | #797 |
| 1913 | — | 31 | 31 | #874 |
| 1912 | — | 25 | 25 | #894 |
| 1911 | — | 16 | 16 | #828 |
| 1910 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,440 |
| 1909 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,028 |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,400 |
| 1907 | — | 9 | 9 | #938 |
| 1906 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,274 |
| 1905 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,014 |
| 1902 | — | 12 | 12 | #658 |
| 1901 | — | 7 | 7 | #872 |
| 1900 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #846 |
| 1899 | — | 10 | 10 | #671 |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,141 |
| 1897 | — | 10 | 10 | #689 |
| 1896 | — | 17 | 17 | #506 |
| 1895 | — | 14 | 14 | #559 |
| 1894 | — | 10 | 10 | #678 |
| 1893 | — | 11 | 11 | #627 |
| 1892 | — | 11 | 11 | #646 |
| 1891 | — | 9 | 9 | #649 |
| 1890 | — | 12 | 12 | #576 |
| 1889 | — | 11 | 11 | #588 |
| 1888 | — | 14 | 14 | #534 |
| 1887 | — | 10 | 10 | #592 |
| 1886 | — | 8 | 8 | #707 |
| 1885 | — | 23 | 23 | #374 |
| 1884 | — | 11 | 11 | #573 |
| 1883 | — | 18 | 18 | #418 |
| 1882 | — | 13 | 13 | #516 |
| 1881 | — | 6 | 6 | #789 |
| 1880 | — | 18 | 18 | #404 |