Alvey — #12369 US boys' name
214 babies named Alvey in U.S. Social Security records since 1909, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to boys today.
21% of everyone ever named Alvey was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Alvey in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alvey
The Social Security Administration has registered 214 babies named Alvey between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alvey currently holds the #12369 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alvey performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Alvey shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Alvey in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alvey 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 214 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.
Alvey at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alvey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1909
- Peak year (2021)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 116 years of records
Currently ranks #12369 among boys.
214 total births across 116 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 23 births in a single year.
Alvey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 46 births that decade — 21% of Alvey's all-time total
Alvey decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 41 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Alvey's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Alvey by state
Where Alvey concentrates geographically — total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.3% |
| #2 | Maryland | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 214 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.3% of nationwide
- Maryland 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1909–2024 (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.