Alver — boys' name
119 babies named Alver in U.S. Social Security records since 1889, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Alver was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Alver in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alver
The Social Security Administration has registered 119 babies named Alver between 1889 and 1950, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alver currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1950. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alver performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Alver shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alver 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 119 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.
Alver at a glance
Last recorded 1950Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alver popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1889
- Peak year (1922)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1950.
119 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 11 births in a single year.
Alver popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1918 (Alver as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Alver accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Alver by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 58 births that decade — 49% of Alver's all-time total
Alver decade highlights
- Peak decade 58 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Alver's strongest decade
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% 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, 1889–1950 (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.