Alvis
Alvis was given to 13 boys in 2025, #6,462 among boys’ names; 5,532 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,050 Americans named Alvis and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (37% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 44 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Alvis by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Alvis mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Alvis is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Alvis?
#6,462 among boys’ names, 2025
Alvis fell from #4,721 in 2015 to #6,462 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 10.4 to 7.6 per million.
113 babies in 1924, the peak
Alvis peaked in 1924, when 113 babies were given it (101 boys, #638 among boys’ names). The 13 births of 2025 are 12% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,462 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,478 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,231 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,839 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,341 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,772 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,196 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,923 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,346 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,737 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (137)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 20 | #4,721 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,072 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,618 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,317 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,518 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,903 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,080 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,819 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 9 | #8,013 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,322 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,690 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,098 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,371 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,416 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,972 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,162 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,290 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,887 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,793 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,540 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,016 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,326 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,636 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,054 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,450 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,856 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,526 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,362 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,218 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,826 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,582 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,710 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,811 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 33 | #1,728 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,381 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 31 | #1,720 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 26 | #1,906 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,246 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 33 | #1,558 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,833 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,312 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,725 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 32 | #1,526 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 35 | #1,416 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,681 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 30 | #1,429 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 33 | #1,312 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,149 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 42 | #1,163 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 28 | #1,487 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,099 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 40 | #1,229 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,302 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 50 | #1,097 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 56 | #1,025 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 60 | #977 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 71 | #896 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 76 | #859 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 52 | #1,046 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 73 | #850 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 74 | #832 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 54 | #967 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 77 | #802 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 66 | #835 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 60 | #885 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 68 | #823 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 75 | #793 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 76 | #759 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 89 | #640 | 0.07 |
| 1944 | 77 | #707 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 70 | #781 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 77 | #732 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 74 | #719 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 76 | #694 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 69 | #717 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 81 | #667 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 71 | #713 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 59 | #797 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 82 | #658 | 0.08 |
| 1934 | 79 | #682 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 74 | #694 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 90 | #626 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 89 | #630 | 0.09 |
| 1930 | 89 | #654 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 81 | #684 | 0.08 |
| 1928 | 80 | #708 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 93 | #660 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 87 | #678 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 82 | #715 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 101 | #638 | 0.09 |
| 1923 | 99 | #645 | 0.09 |
| 1922 | 96 | #653 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 99 | #647 | 0.09 |
| 1920 | 98 | #635 | 0.09 |
| 1919 | 81 | #691 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 88 | #658 | 0.09 |
| 1917 | 87 | #636 | 0.09 |
| 1916 | 78 | #671 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 97 | #577 | 0.11 |
| 1914 | 71 | #599 | 0.11 |
| 1913 | 58 | #573 | 0.11 |
| 1912 | 53 | #552 | 0.12 |
| 1911 | 22 | #669 | 0.10 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 18 | #636 | 0.11 |
| 1908 | 14 | #713 | 0.09 |
| 1907 | 13 | #738 | 0.09 |
| 1906 | 13 | #674 | 0.10 |
| 1905 | 9 | #838 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 11 | #724 | 0.09 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,133 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 13 | #562 | 0.12 |
| 1900 | 9 | #904 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 9 | #720 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 7 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 12 | #642 | 0.10 |
| 1895 | 13 | #579 | 0.11 |
| 1894 | 10 | #672 | 0.09 |
| 1893 | 7 | #839 | 0.06 |
| 1892 | 9 | #750 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 6 | #846 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 11 | #613 | 0.09 |
| 1886 | 9 | #650 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 6 | #853 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 6 | #803 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 7 | #759 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 7 | #710 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Alvis a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 5,532 Americans recorded as Alvis, 6% are girls and 94% boys. In 2025 it went to 13 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Alvis: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Alvis, and how old are they?
2,050 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 37% of the 5,532 Americans ever recorded as Alvis. The median Alvis alive today is 63 years old; half are between 44 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 2,184 people named Alvis (185 women and girls, 1,999 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,380 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 299 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 787 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 416 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 254 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 124 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 170 |
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 Alvis born?
The states with the most babies named Alvis are Texas, North Carolina and Kentucky, with 66% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 906 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| North Carolina | 528 | not ranked | 3.1× |
| Kentucky | 182 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Oklahoma | 163 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Arkansas | 153 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Tennessee | 147 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Alabama | 111 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Mississippi | 104 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Virginia | 92 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| West Virginia | 22 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Alvis is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Alvis is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 3.1 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 boys’ 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 Alvis with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Alvis
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 Alvis and names like it
- Compare Alvis and LloydBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sAlvis peaked in 1924.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Alvis since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Alvis: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Alvis.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Alvis alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.