Alvern — boys' name
55 babies named Alvern in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1934. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Alvern was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Alvern in 1934 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alvern
The Social Security Administration has registered 55 babies named Alvern between 1915 and 1935, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alvern currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1935. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Alvern is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 21 additional births since 1913.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alvern performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Alvern shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alvern 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 55 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.
Alvern at a glance
Last recorded 1935Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alvern popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–1915
- Peak year (1934)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1935.
55 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1934 with 8 births in a single year.
Alvern popularity over time — girls
21 total births recorded since 1913 (Alvern as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Alvern accounts for 28% of total recorded use across both genders.
Alvern by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 27 births that decade — 49% of Alvern's all-time total
Alvern decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Alvern's strongest decade
27 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, 1915–1935 (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.