Alvan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Alvan

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,101 babies named Alvan between 1883 and 2016, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alvan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 53 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alvan performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 300 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Alvan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 110 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Alvan in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alvan 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 1,101 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.