Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Alvarez

#19,958 most common boys' name of all time · #52,443 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1932–1993

Rank among boys
#19,958
Rank overall
#52,443 of 105,966
First appeared
1932
Years on the list
8 of 146
All-time
48
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1981 #4,675
Best rank
#3,946 1968
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
194019601980

Alvarez first appears in 1932. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1993 — 5 5 #9,002
1989 — 6 6 #7,206
1981 — 8 8 #4,675
1972 — 6 6 #4,704
1971 — 5 5 #5,253
1970 — 7 7 #4,045
1968 — 6 6 #3,946
1932 — 5 5 #4,252