Alveda — girls' name
168 babies named Alveda in U.S. Social Security records since 1894, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Alveda was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Alveda in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alveda
The Social Security Administration has registered 168 babies named Alveda between 1894 and 1967, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alveda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1967. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alveda performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Alveda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alveda 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 168 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.
Alveda at a glance
Last recorded 1967Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alveda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1894
- Peak year (1918)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 74 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1967.
168 total births across 74 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 12 births in a single year.
Alveda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 49 births that decade — 29% of Alveda's all-time total
Alveda decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Alveda's strongest decade
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1894–1967 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.