Girls' name · since 1918
Alvesta
36 babies named Alvesta in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #38,704 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 36
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak decade
Alvesta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 36 recorded since 1918.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alvesta has been recorded 36 times among girls since 1918, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1925.
- #38,704 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 36 born since 1918
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alvesta ranks #38,704 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 36 born since 1918, peaking in the 1920s.
- #38,704 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 36
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak decade
Alvesta's 36 recorded births place it above 46.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alvesta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alvesta splits its recorded history at 1921: 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 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1923 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alvesta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1925
- Peak year (1923)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Alvesta by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (26 births, 72% of the file).
1920s was Alvesta's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Alvesta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 10
1910s
10 births
- 1920s
1920s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 26 births (72% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alvesta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~7 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, 1918–1925 (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 Alvesta 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.