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.

Alven

#7,615 most common boys' name of all time · #19,179 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1905–2012

Rank among boys
#7,615
Rank overall
#19,179 of 105,966
First appeared
1905
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
462
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1922 #1,810
Best rank
#1,399 1905
Girls Boys peak 20/yr
19201940196019802000

Alven first appears in 1905. 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
2012 — 5 5 #12,348
2009 — 5 5 #12,592
2004 — 5 5 #11,442
1997 — 5 5 #9,341
1985 — 5 5 #6,639
1972 — 5 5 #5,099
1964 — 5 5 #4,148
1960 — 5 5 #4,164
1959 — 6 6 #3,720
1957 — 5 5 #4,111
1956 — 5 5 #4,050
1954 — 8 8 #3,032
1952 — 5 5 #3,856
1951 — 12 12 #2,297
1949 — 6 6 #3,408
1946 — 8 8 #2,764
1945 — 7 7 #2,831
1944 — 10 10 #2,380
1943 — 10 10 #2,474
1942 — 7 7 #3,041
1941 — 11 11 #2,277
1940 — 8 8 #2,742
1939 — 12 12 #2,108
1938 — 13 13 #2,033
1937 — 6 6 #3,288
1936 — 15 15 #1,842
1935 — 5 5 #3,760
1934 — 13 13 #2,066
1933 — 10 10 #2,449
1931 — 11 11 #2,399
1930 — 11 11 #2,524
1929 — 13 13 #2,266
1928 — 17 17 #1,937
1927 — 14 14 #2,248
1926 — 12 12 #2,494
1925 — 11 11 #2,656
1924 — 15 15 #2,179
1923 — 11 11 #2,680
1922 — 20 20 #1,810
1921 — 14 14 #2,324
1920 — 11 11 #2,665
1919 — 13 13 #2,321
1918 — 11 11 #2,616
1917 — 12 12 #2,352
1916 — 11 11 #2,465
1915 — 12 12 #2,240
1913 — 6 6 #2,620
1912 — 5 5 #2,672
1907 — 5 5 #1,503
1905 — 5 5 #1,399