Alvan
#4,521 most common boys' name of all time · #11,127 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1883–2016
Rank among boys
#4,521
Rank overall
#11,127 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
77 of 146
All-time
1,101
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1927 #960
Best rank
#960 1927
Girls
Boys
peak 53/yr
Alvan first appears in 1883. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,231 |
| 2009 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,552 |
| 2008 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,071 |
| 2007 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,114 |
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,707 |
| 2005 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,124 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,626 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,921 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,860 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,657 |
| 1986 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,370 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,667 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,592 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,401 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,824 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,164 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,985 |
| 1975 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,975 |
| 1974 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,876 |
| 1971 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1968 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,396 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,029 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,004 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,089 |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,353 |
| 1961 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,441 |
| 1960 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,115 |
| 1959 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,861 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,611 |
| 1957 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1956 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,001 |
| 1955 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,008 |
| 1954 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1953 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,115 |
| 1952 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,409 |
| 1951 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,860 |
| 1950 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 1949 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,556 |
| 1948 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 1947 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,612 |
| 1946 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,973 |
| 1945 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,954 |
| 1944 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,594 |
| 1943 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,597 |
| 1942 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,973 |
| 1941 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,022 |
| 1940 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,364 |
| 1939 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,906 |
| 1938 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,927 |
| 1937 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,664 |
| 1936 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,748 |
| 1935 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,673 |
| 1934 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,887 |
| 1933 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,611 |
| 1932 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,204 |
| 1931 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,558 |
| 1930 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,714 |
| 1929 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,391 |
| 1928 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,492 |
| 1927 | — | 53 | 53 | #960 |
| 1926 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,003 |
| 1925 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,287 |
| 1924 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,430 |
| 1923 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,831 |
| 1922 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,162 |
| 1921 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,487 |
| 1920 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,434 |
| 1919 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,904 |
| 1918 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,326 |
| 1917 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,371 |
| 1916 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,393 |
| 1915 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,424 |
| 1914 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,717 |
| 1913 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,398 |
| 1912 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,377 |
| 1902 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,230 |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | #983 |