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.

Alvin

#215 most common boys' name of all time · #468 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#215
Rank overall
#468 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
162,512
Since 2016
3,702
Peak year
1927 #66
Best rank
#66 1927
Girls Boys peak 2,908/yr
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Alvin 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 294 294 #838
2024 — 318 318 #791
2023 — 337 337 #765
2022 — 352 352 #737
2021 — 325 325 #770
2020 — 377 377 #681
2019 — 399 399 #663
2018 — 390 390 #655
2017 — 439 439 #603
2016 — 471 471 #585
2015 — 455 455 #601
2014 — 462 462 #595
2013 — 458 458 #569
2012 — 505 505 #521
2011 — 464 464 #548
2010 — 492 492 #526
2009 — 471 471 #560
2008 — 658 658 #436
2007 — 522 522 #505
2006 — 516 516 #503
2005 — 516 516 #483
2004 — 484 484 #505
2003 — 477 477 #510
2002 — 533 533 #457
2001 — 541 541 #447
2000 — 522 522 #456
1999 — 520 520 #443
1998 — 521 521 #440
1997 — 541 541 #424
1996 — 499 499 #450
1995 — 548 548 #415
1994 7 556 563 #409
1993 — 648 648 #364
1992 5 633 638 #369
1991 7 693 700 #350
1990 — 749 749 #331
1989 6 823 829 #297
1988 8 688 696 #317
1987 7 729 736 #294
1986 7 676 683 #301
1985 13 705 718 #291
1984 10 690 700 #295
1983 8 706 714 #289
1982 12 783 795 #270
1981 8 806 814 #270
1980 8 868 876 #254
1979 8 815 823 #260
1978 10 800 810 #252
1977 5 762 767 #259
1976 7 766 773 #257
1975 7 856 863 #240
1974 11 811 822 #247
1973 8 870 878 #241
1972 5 881 886 #243
1971 12 1,029 1,041 #230
1970 17 1,087 1,104 #223
1969 12 1,060 1,072 #221
1968 8 1,112 1,120 #209
1967 5 1,225 1,230 #193
1966 14 1,239 1,253 #197
1965 11 1,328 1,339 #190
1964 16 1,459 1,475 #195
1963 14 1,503 1,517 #197
1962 18 1,711 1,729 #177
1961 12 1,877 1,889 #168
1960 10 1,995 2,005 #166
1959 12 2,261 2,273 #153
1958 22 2,180 2,202 #154
1957 27 2,388 2,415 #144
1956 17 2,431 2,448 #134
1955 18 2,360 2,378 #134
1954 17 2,367 2,384 #135
1953 15 2,110 2,125 #140
1952 10 2,336 2,346 #128
1951 8 2,385 2,393 #121
1950 17 2,269 2,286 #121
1949 12 2,158 2,170 #128
1948 10 2,270 2,280 #124
1947 13 2,215 2,228 #129
1946 9 2,047 2,056 #126
1945 11 1,861 1,872 #120
1944 15 1,967 1,982 #115
1943 10 2,203 2,213 #113
1942 12 2,071 2,083 #115
1941 12 2,016 2,028 #107
1940 12 1,911 1,923 #106
1939 17 1,940 1,957 #103
1938 6 2,063 2,069 #98
1937 5 1,986 1,991 #99
1936 14 1,970 1,984 #97
1935 15 2,165 2,180 #91
1934 20 2,147 2,167 #93
1933 9 2,128 2,137 #88
1932 17 2,274 2,291 #87
1931 25 2,299 2,324 #80
1930 24 2,512 2,536 #79
1929 30 2,555 2,585 #77
1928 17 2,750 2,767 #72
1927 25 2,883 2,908 #66
1926 21 2,693 2,714 #72
1925 19 2,777 2,796 #70
1924 24 2,759 2,783 #73
1923 27 2,647 2,674 #73
1922 15 2,599 2,614 #73
1921 18 2,686 2,704 #73
1920 22 2,523 2,545 #76
1919 22 2,383 2,405 #76
1918 28 2,409 2,437 #80
1917 22 2,142 2,164 #81
1916 23 2,093 2,116 #82
1915 11 2,006 2,017 #81
1914 10 1,532 1,542 #78
1913 — 1,144 1,144 #82
1912 7 929 936 #86
1911 5 460 465 #89
1910 — 401 401 #85
1909 — 363 363 #82
1908 5 307 312 #89
1907 — 245 245 #99
1906 — 239 239 #95
1905 — 258 258 #92
1904 — 247 247 #88
1903 — 222 222 #90
1902 — 201 201 #99
1901 — 179 179 #95
1900 — 223 223 #105
1899 — 173 173 #104
1898 — 184 184 #104
1897 — 186 186 #97
1896 — 183 183 #102
1895 — 179 179 #104
1894 — 167 167 #108
1893 — 163 163 #108
1892 — 164 164 #109
1891 — 121 121 #116
1890 — 147 147 #112
1889 — 137 137 #113
1888 — 157 157 #106
1887 — 128 128 #107
1886 — 112 112 #124
1885 — 125 125 #111
1884 — 145 145 #106
1883 — 113 113 #114
1882 — 132 132 #113
1881 — 105 105 #115
1880 — 102 102 #132