Girls' name · since 1917
Alvada
Since 1917, U.S. Social Security records show 37 babies named Alvada, peaking in 1917. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #38,373 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1917
- 1910s
- peak decade
Alvada sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 37 recorded since 1917.
Alvada has 37 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1935.
- #38,373 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 37 born since 1917
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alvada ranks #38,373 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 1917, peaking in the 1910s.
- #38,373 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1917
- 1910s
- peak decade
Alvada's 37 recorded births place it above 46.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alvada's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alvada's full recorded timeline at 1921, 41% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 59% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1920, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1917 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alvada popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1935
- Peak year (1917)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Alvada by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (17 births, 46% of the file).
1910s was Alvada's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Alvada births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
17 births
- 1920s
1920s
15 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 17 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Alvada's decade-level peak was the 1910s (17 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alvada: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~18 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1917–1935 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alvada draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.