Alvena — girls' name

What the Data Says About Alvena

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,601 babies named Alvena between 1880 and 2000, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alvena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 50 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alvena performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 374 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Alvena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Kansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Alvena in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alvena 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 1,601 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.