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.

Alvester

#7,363 most common boys' name of all time · #18,526 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–1990

Rank among boys
#7,363
Rank overall
#18,526 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
490
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1948 #1,937
Best rank
#1,937 1948
Girls Boys peak 16/yr
1920194019601980

Alvester first appears in 1915. 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
1990 — 5 5 #8,341
1988 — 5 5 #7,464
1984 — 6 6 #5,735
1983 — 5 5 #6,457
1977 — 5 5 #6,070
1976 — 5 5 #5,796
1972 — 8 8 #3,743
1971 — 14 14 #2,614
1967 — 10 10 #2,685
1965 — 7 7 #3,381
1964 — 6 6 #3,803
1963 — 9 9 #2,967
1962 — 5 5 #4,287
1961 — 13 13 #2,379
1960 — 10 10 #2,787
1959 — 11 11 #2,615
1958 — 5 5 #4,188
1957 — 15 15 #2,160
1956 — 12 12 #2,449
1955 — 14 14 #2,203
1954 — 7 7 #3,344
1953 — 11 11 #2,482
1952 — 14 14 #2,135
1951 — 12 12 #2,336
1950 — 7 7 #3,223
1949 — 8 8 #2,959
1948 — 16 16 #1,937
1947 — 15 15 #2,053
1946 — 5 5 #3,809
1945 — 9 9 #2,534
1944 — 11 11 #2,290
1943 — 8 8 #2,913
1942 — 9 9 #2,680
1941 — 11 11 #2,316
1940 — 13 13 #2,063
1939 — 5 5 #3,785
1938 — 10 10 #2,459
1937 — 8 8 #2,863
1936 — 8 8 #2,816
1935 — 7 7 #3,180
1934 — 9 9 #2,708
1933 — 8 8 #2,959
1931 — 10 10 #2,622
1930 — 7 7 #3,493
1929 — 11 11 #2,577
1927 — 7 7 #3,675
1926 — 12 12 #2,551
1925 — 7 7 #3,647
1924 — 7 7 #3,756
1923 — 5 5 #4,594
1922 — 7 7 #3,761
1921 — 6 6 #4,132
1919 — 10 10 #2,858
1918 — 10 10 #2,866
1917 — 5 5 #4,320
1915 — 5 5 #4,131