Alven — boys' name

What the Data Says About Alven

The Social Security Administration has registered 462 babies named Alven between 1905 and 2012, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alven currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alven performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Alven shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Alven in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alven 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 462 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.