Alverda — girls' name
891 babies named Alverda in U.S. Social Security records since 1883, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Alverda was born in this single decade.
37 babies were named Alverda in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alverda
The Social Security Administration has registered 891 babies named Alverda between 1883 and 1950, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alverda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1950. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 37 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alverda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 273 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Alverda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 247 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Alverda in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alverda 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 891 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.
Alverda at a glance
Last recorded 1950Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alverda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1883
- Peak year (1922)
- 37
- Annual births at peak — across 68 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1950.
891 total births across 68 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 37 births in a single year.
Alverda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 273 births that decade — 31% of Alverda's all-time total
Alverda decade highlights
- Peak decade 273 births
- Runner-up 224 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Alverda's strongest decade
273 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Alverda by state
Where Alverda concentrates geographically — total births since 1883
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 247 | 27.7% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 12 | 1.3% |
247 of 891 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 27.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 27.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1883–1950 (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.