Alva Name Popularity

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How popular is Alva?

In 2018 the rare name Alva, ranked the 7,596th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Alva is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #162 was reached in 1882.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1917 with 317 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Alva was less than 5, most recently in 2012.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Alva occurred roughly during the years 1903-1906, and 1908-1917, whereas 1947-1951, 1959-1963, and 1982-1986 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Alva has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

For a number of years, the name Alva has been moving upward in popularity. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Alva lately has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Alva?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

The name Alva is mostly unused but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Alva has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Alva (Girl)		Alva (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		27	4,861	10	7,596
2017		21	5,818	13	6,342
2016		27	4,987	10	7,604
2015		19	6,448	6	10,704
2014		12	8,992	6	10,758
2013		14	8,159	8	8,823
2012		14	8,213	< 5	--
2011		13	8,642	< 5	--
2010		17	7,232	6	10,822
2009		12	9,399	< 5	--
2008		15	8,121	5	12,620
2007		14	8,539	10	7,611
2006		5	17,318	< 5	--
2005		12	8,908	5	11,540
2004		17	6,785	9	7,555
2003		17	6,593	5	10,958
2002		13	7,847	< 5	--
2001		8	11,073	6	9,284
2000		18	5,949	11	5,934
1999		8	10,392	11	5,667
1998		14	6,733	8	6,868
1997		6	12,156	10	5,658
1996		17	5,541	9	5,993
1995		12	7,067	15	4,063
1994		12	7,120	8	6,401
1993		23	4,397	11	5,016
1992		22	4,529	13	4,331
1991		17	5,412	7	6,538
1990		26	3,912	12	4,413
1989		41	2,716	16	3,455
1988		31	3,165	13	3,710
1987		14	5,325	9	4,583
1986		19	4,193	15	3,133
1985		35	2,704	13	3,406
1984		16	4,481	12	3,461
1983		28	2,979	16	2,791
1982		26	3,258	22	2,268
1981		33	2,721	16	2,780
1980		36	2,605	26	2,060
1979		22	3,540	19	2,466
1978		28	2,863	31	1,719
1977		27	2,909	27	1,861
1976		29	2,663	24	2,000
1975		31	2,519	26	1,832
1974		27	2,681	27	1,751
1973		30	2,456	38	1,353
1972		29	2,455	29	1,604
1971		45	1,906	36	1,415
1970		48	1,829	35	1,416
1969		38	2,025	52	1,075
1968		49	1,647	34	1,313
1967		39	1,884	37	1,231
1966		44	1,699	39	1,195
1965		53	1,527	44	1,128
1964		56	1,518	51	1,057
1963		52	1,565	45	1,151
1962		75	1,280	52	1,055
1961		54	1,534	65	949
1960		59	1,430	60	985
1959		52	1,498	67	937
1958		73	1,242	58	999
1957		80	1,178	58	994
1956		86	1,111	59	971
1955		97	1,019	82	807
1954		90	1,032	68	894
1953		67	1,179	65	890
1952		81	1,046	97	714
1951		91	977	66	857
1950		80	1,018	97	696
1949		84	973	111	649
1948		88	923	115	633
1947		95	909	131	595
1946		79	936	114	603
1945		67	926	115	559
1944		83	836	112	579
1943		97	788	148	508
1942		91	802	131	532
1941		93	735	102	586
1940		98	702	137	497
1939		117	623	139	487
1938		100	687	156	464
1937		118	624	155	451
1936		105	643	177	416
1935		117	603	146	469
1934		119	604	155	450
1933		117	597	156	442
1932		137	559	175	424
1931		135	567	213	385
1930		120	631	208	402
1929		126	611	241	369
1928		163	545	207	415
1927		164	551	245	374
1926		156	570	259	364
1925		154	579	239	388
1924		167	560	273	362
1923		149	593	274	359
1922		174	534	246	384
1921		165	553	289	351
1920		173	541	278	353
1919		174	516	264	350
1918		196	484	273	346
1917		161	526	317	294
1916		176	481	260	330
1915		146	518	262	324
1914		121	507	178	350
1913		142	413	167	307
1912		125	414	138	312
1911		83	447	58	363
1910		80	445	61	317
1909		70	442	68	268
1908		60	464	36	389
1907		74	412	59	272
1906		65	423	64	246
1905		58	442	57	263
1904		49	470	49	273
1903		58	414	50	257
1902		54	420	60	234
1901		49	428	59	228
1900		67	408	73	237
1899		39	469	61	213
1898		56	412	67	216
1897		51	408	69	204
1896		76	334	68	219
1895		61	357	74	197
1894		50	398	76	194
1893		41	422	66	208
1892		40	420	74	202
1891		26	507	66	188
1890		35	429	68	194
1889		22	543	62	205
1888		32	439	74	202
1887		32	379	58	201
1886		21	476	64	206
1885		17	522	46	243
1884		9	735	62	209
1883		6	821	72	172
1882		13	508	85	162
1881		13	470	70	171
1880		17	404	70	180

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.