Alvina
Alvina was given to 19 girls in 2025, #6,128 among girls’ names; 10,507 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,780 Americans named Alvina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (26% of everyone recorded); the median is 55 years old and half are between 34 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Alvina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Alvina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Alvina is “a female given name from the Germanic languages.”
A feminine form of Alvin.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Alvina?
#6,128 among girls’ names, 2025
Alvina fell from #5,133 in 2015 to #6,128 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 14.6 to 11.8 per million.
293 babies in 1917, the peak
Alvina peaked in 1917, when 293 girls were given it, #368 among girls’ names. The 19 births of 2025 are 6% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,128 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,968 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,419 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,996 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,603 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,323 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,620 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 35 | #4,078 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,301 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,634 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 26 | #5,133 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,317 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,027 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,478 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,809 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,234 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,079 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,139 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,826 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,919 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,914 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,213 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,065 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,141 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,016 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,152 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,223 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,491 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,634 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,181 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,099 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,892 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,258 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,500 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,628 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 37 | #3,017 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 36 | #2,982 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,480 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,625 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,360 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,986 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 42 | #2,300 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,153 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,834 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 29 | #2,988 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 50 | #2,070 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 34 | #2,621 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 40 | #2,270 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 47 | #2,027 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 37 | #2,257 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,963 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,290 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 46 | #1,832 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 36 | #2,136 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 53 | #1,710 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,829 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 47 | #1,784 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 25 | #2,482 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 34 | #2,013 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,737 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 24 | #2,464 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 33 | #2,071 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 39 | #1,867 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 22 | #2,606 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 43 | #1,744 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 47 | #1,636 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 51 | #1,515 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,938 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 59 | #1,375 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 52 | #1,469 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 48 | #1,462 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 60 | #1,278 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,502 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 61 | #1,216 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 63 | #1,177 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 57 | #1,223 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 56 | #1,209 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 55 | #1,222 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 59 | #1,169 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 64 | #1,057 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 55 | #1,048 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 59 | #1,016 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 74 | #902 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 58 | #1,026 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 67 | #895 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 69 | #859 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 68 | #848 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 80 | #787 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 101 | #677 | 0.09 |
| 1936 | 83 | #728 | 0.08 |
| 1935 | 96 | #679 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 105 | #653 | 0.10 |
| 1933 | 85 | #703 | 0.08 |
| 1932 | 104 | #656 | 0.10 |
| 1931 | 117 | #613 | 0.11 |
| 1930 | 140 | #579 | 0.12 |
| 1929 | 143 | #571 | 0.13 |
| 1928 | 141 | #594 | 0.12 |
| 1927 | 153 | #575 | 0.13 |
| 1926 | 163 | #554 | 0.14 |
| 1925 | 185 | #519 | 0.15 |
| 1924 | 214 | #475 | 0.17 |
| 1923 | 210 | #476 | 0.17 |
| 1922 | 231 | #449 | 0.19 |
| 1921 | 244 | #438 | 0.20 |
| 1920 | 252 | #418 | 0.21 |
| 1919 | 249 | #409 | 0.22 |
| 1918 | 272 | #397 | 0.23 |
| 1917 | 293 | #368 | 0.27 |
| 1916 | 283 | #367 | 0.27 |
| 1915 | 268 | #366 | 0.27 |
| 1914 | 194 | #381 | 0.25 |
| 1913 | 147 | #405 | 0.24 |
| 1912 | 147 | #378 | 0.26 |
| 1911 | 117 | #374 | 0.28 |
| 1910 | 105 | #385 | 0.26 |
| 1909 | 100 | #364 | 0.29 |
| 1908 | 109 | #339 | 0.33 |
| 1907 | 85 | #385 | 0.27 |
| 1906 | 89 | #349 | 0.30 |
| 1905 | 98 | #342 | 0.34 |
| 1904 | 100 | #327 | 0.36 |
| 1903 | 109 | #299 | 0.42 |
| 1902 | 86 | #342 | 0.33 |
| 1901 | 85 | #328 | 0.36 |
| 1900 | 115 | #306 | 0.38 |
| 1899 | 103 | #289 | 0.44 |
| 1898 | 123 | #275 | 0.48 |
| 1897 | 98 | #286 | 0.42 |
| 1896 | 114 | #267 | 0.48 |
| 1895 | 93 | #298 | 0.40 |
| 1894 | 98 | #281 | 0.44 |
| 1893 | 89 | #280 | 0.42 |
| 1892 | 87 | #288 | 0.41 |
| 1891 | 96 | #247 | 0.52 |
| 1890 | 80 | #280 | 0.42 |
| 1889 | 80 | #262 | 0.45 |
| 1888 | 70 | #277 | 0.39 |
| 1887 | 66 | #259 | 0.45 |
| 1886 | 46 | #305 | 0.32 |
| 1885 | 51 | #275 | 0.38 |
| 1884 | 53 | #268 | 0.41 |
| 1883 | 57 | #236 | 0.51 |
| 1882 | 53 | #238 | 0.49 |
| 1881 | 29 | #291 | 0.32 |
| 1880 | 28 | #294 | 0.31 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Alvina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Alvina has been given almost only to girls: 5 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Alvina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Alvina, and how old are they?
2,780 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 26% of the 10,507 Americans ever recorded as Alvina. The median Alvina alive today is 55 years old; half are between 34 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 3,527 people named Alvina (3,511 women and girls, 16 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,171 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 407 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 718 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 597 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 447 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 304 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 286 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Alvina born?
The states with the most babies named Alvina are Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin, with 34% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Minnesota and North Dakota and Wisconsin are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 623 | not ranked | 3.6× |
| North Dakota | 463 | not ranked | 9.0× |
| Wisconsin | 456 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Illinois | 401 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Texas | 364 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| California | 333 | #3,130 | 0.7× |
| New York | 254 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| South Dakota | 254 | not ranked | 5.5× |
| Michigan | 201 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Iowa | 197 | not ranked | 1.3× |
Where Alvina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Alvina is most over-represented in North Dakota: since 1910 it was given 9.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Alvina with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 12,950 babies since 1880, Alvina is the most given (81% of them). In 2025 it was given to 19 of their 40 babies (48%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Alvina
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Alvina and names like it
- Compare Alvina and AlvenaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sAlvina peaked in 1917.
- Minnesota’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Alvina since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Alvina: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1917The year the most babies were named Alvina.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Alvina alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.