Alverta — girls' name
2,441 babies named Alverta in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Alverta was born in this single decade.
103 babies were named Alverta in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alverta
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,441 babies named Alverta between 1880 and 1977, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alverta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 103 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alverta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 669 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Alverta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 590 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Maryland and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Alverta in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alverta 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 2,441 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.
Alverta at a glance
Last recorded 1977Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alverta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1880
- Peak year (1918)
- 103
- Annual births at peak — across 98 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1977.
2,441 total births across 98 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 103 births in a single year.
Alverta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 669 births that decade — 27% of Alverta's all-time total
Alverta decade highlights
- Peak decade 669 births
- Runner-up 627 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Alverta's strongest decade
669 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Alverta by state
Where Alverta concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 590 | 24.2% |
| #2 | Maryland | | 256 | 10.5% |
| #3 | Virginia | | 62 | 2.5% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 41 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 21 | 0.9% |
| #6 | West Virginia | | 16 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 7 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.2% |
590 of 2,441 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 24.2% of nationwide
- Maryland 10.5% of nationwide
- Virginia 2.5% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 24.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Alverta appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–1977 (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.