Unisex name · since 1915
Alvern
Alvern has 55 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1934 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,457 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 55
- born since 1915
- 1930s
- peak decade
Alvern is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 55 have been recorded since 1915.
Alvern has 55 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1935.
- #21,457 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 55 born since 1915
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alvern ranks #21,457 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 55 born since 1915, peaking in the 1930s.
- #21,457 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 55
- born since 1915
- 1930s
- peak decade
Alvern's 55 recorded births place it above 52.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alvern's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alvern splits its recorded history at 1927: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1921 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1934 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alvern popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1935
- Peak year (1934)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Alvern popularity over time - girls
21 total births recorded since 1913 (Alvern as girls' name)
Alvern by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (27 births, 49% of the file).
1930s was Alvern's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Alvern births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
12 births
- 1920s
1920s
16 births
- 1930s
1930s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 27 births (49% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alvern: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–1935 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alvern draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.