Alvia — boys' name
441 babies named Alvia in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Alvia was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Alvia in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alvia
The Social Security Administration has registered 441 babies named Alvia between 1880 and 1967, spanning 88 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alvia currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1967. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Alvia is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 393 additional births since 1896.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alvia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 133 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Alvia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alvia 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 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.
Alvia at a glance
Last recorded 1967Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alvia popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1880
- Peak year (1924)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 88 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1967.
441 total births across 88 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 18 births in a single year.
Alvia popularity over time — girls
393 total births recorded since 1896 (Alvia as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Alvia accounts for 47% of total recorded use across both genders.
Alvia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 133 births that decade — 30% of Alvia's all-time total
Alvia decade highlights
- Peak decade 133 births
- Runner-up 93 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Alvia's strongest decade
133 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% 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, 1880–1967 (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.