Alvah — #12304 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Alvah

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,808 babies named Alvah between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alvah currently holds the #12304 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 55 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alvah performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 369 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Alvah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 56 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Maine. In total, SSA state-level files list Alvah in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alvah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,808 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.