Alvilda — girls' name
123 babies named Alvilda in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Alvilda was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Alvilda in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alvilda
The Social Security Administration has registered 123 babies named Alvilda between 1912 and 1927, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alvilda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1927. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alvilda performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Alvilda shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Alvilda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alvilda 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 123 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.
Alvilda at a glance
Last recorded 1927Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alvilda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1912
- Peak year (1916)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1927.
123 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 12 births in a single year.
Alvilda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 69 births that decade — 56% of Alvilda's all-time total
Alvilda decade highlights
- Peak decade 69 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Alvilda's strongest decade
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Alvilda by state
Where Alvilda concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 8 | 6.5% |
8 of 123 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.5% 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, 1912–1927 (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.